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Monsieur Verdoux

Release Date:September 26, 1947

Running Time:124 min

Genres:Drama, Comedy, Crime

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin Mady Correll Allison Roddan Robert Lewis Audrey Betz Martha Raye Ada May Isobel Elsom Marjorie Bennett Helene Heigh Margaret Hoffman Marilyn Nash

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

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