Put to the test : Charlie Chaplin

Monsieur Verdoux

Charles Chaplin

1947
United States
2h04
Fiction
B&W
VOSTFR

Interwar years, in France. A suave but cynical man, Monsieur Verdoux, supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money after losing his job due to the economical crisis, but the job has some occupational hazards.

Loosely based on the crimes of Serial Killer Henri Désiré Landru.

Cast
Charles Chaplin, Mady Corell, Allison Roddan, Martha Raye, Robert Lewis
Screenplay
Charles Chaplin, based on a idea from Orson Welles and Henri Désiré Landru's biography
Photography
Roland Totheroh, Curt Courant
Sound
James T. Corrigan
Music
Charles Chaplin
Art direction
John Beckman
Editing
Willard Nico
Production
Chaplin - United Artists

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