"The most extraordinary of all Chaplin's films." - Bosley Crowther, The Great Films: Fifty Golden Yeras of Motion Pictures
Henri Verdoux's business requires a lot of travel. His business involves wooing wealth spinsters, winning their confidence and bank accounts, then killing the hapless biddies before moving on to his next conquest.
Charles Chaplin turns his traditionally sunny sensibilities inside out with this sublime black comedy about a family man who secretly uses murder to support his beloved invalid wife and child. There's little of the immortal Tramp in Verdoux, yet the fastidious dandy is not lacking in comic graces. Most hilarious of all are the always-foiled attempts to dispatch the raucous Annabella (Martha Raye). When this most atypical Chaplin film opened, the world was not ready to look death in the face and walk away smiling. Today, Monsieur Verdoux ranks among Chaplin's best works. It is a killer comedy.
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Charlie Chaplin | Henri Verdoux - Alias Varnay - Alias Bonheur - Alias Floray |
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Mady Correll | Mona Verdoux - His Wife |
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Allison Roddan | Peter Verdoux - Their Son |
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Robert Lewis | Maurice Bottello - Verdoux's Friend |
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Audrey Betz | Martha Bottello - His Wife |
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Martha Raye | Annabella Bonheur |
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Ada May | Annette - Her Maid |
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Isobel Elsom | Marie Grosnay |
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Marjorie Bennett | Her Maid |
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Helene Heigh | Yvonne - Marie's Friend |
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Margaret Hoffman | Lydia Floray |
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Marilyn Nash | The Girl |
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Irving Bacon | Pierre - Carlotta's Husband |
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Edwin Mills | Jean Couvais |
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Virginia Brissac | Carlotta |
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Almira Sessions | Lena Couvais |
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Eula Morgan | Phoebe Couvais |
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Bernard Nedell | Prefect of Police |
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Charles Evans | Detective Morrow |
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William Frawley | Jean La Salle |
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Arthur Hohl | Real Estate Agent |
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Barbara Slater | Flower Girl |
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Fritz Leiber | Father Fareaux |
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Vera Marshe | Vicki Darwin |
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John Harmon | Joe Darwin |
| Director | Charlie Chaplin |
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| Writer | Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles | |
| Producer | Charlie Chaplin | |
| Musician | Charlie Chaplin | |
| Photography | Roland Totheroh, Curt Courant | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | SIL [English] |
| Subtitles | Chinese | English | French | Korean | Portuguese | Spanish | Thai |
| Distributor | Warner Home Video |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 02, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | For $ 24.98 |
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| Index | 1652 |
| Added Date | Dec 12, 2012 01:15:22 |
| Modified Date | Mar 26, 2019 21:53:16 |