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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Drama Crime Comedy

A Comedy of Murders.

Release Date: 1947, August 27
Directors: Charlie Chaplin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Charles Chaplin Productions, United Artists
Cast: Addison Richards, Oliver Cross, Franklyn Farnum, George Ford, Rudy Germane, Herschel Graham, Harold Miller, Bert Stevens, Charles Wagenheim, Hans Moebus, Adolf Hitler, Irving Bacon

Overview:

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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