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Monsieur Verdoux
Chaplin changes! Can you?
Chaplin changes! Can you?
Comedy, Crime, Drama - 1947
Monsieur Verdoux
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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.
Director:
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Charlie Chaplin
Cast:
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Charlie Chaplin
,
Robert Lewis
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Isobel Elsom
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Marjorie Bennett
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Mady Correll
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Allison Roddan
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Audrey Betz
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Martha Raye
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Ada May
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Helene Heigh

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Details

Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
27 Aug 1947
Country:
US
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$2,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Perfection? Arguably not; Verdoux has clunky moments and some flat casting, but with an able assist from the great comedian Martha Raye, Chaplin's latter-day greatness is readily apparent.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
11 Jul 2008
fresh:
Monsieur Verdoux is the spirit of modernity taken to its darkest extreme. It may be immortal.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
11 Jun 2008
fresh:
In its uncanny depiction of a weakling whose crimes pale against those of the war-mad society around him, it's a near masterpiece.
– Sara Cardace,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
9 Jun 2008
fresh:
An engrossingly wry and paradoxical film, screamingly funny in places, sentimental in others, sometimes slow and devoted to an unusually serious and sobering argument.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
A film of serene elegance and sharp teeth.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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