Comedy Crime Drama
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.
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
Written by
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Henri Verdoux
William Frawley
Jean La Salle
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Ruth Lee
Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Prison Official (uncredited)
Martha Raye
Annabella Bonheur
Frank Reicher
Doctor (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
Prison Official (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
Reporter (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
Marie's Maid
Paul Newlan
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Postman (uncredited)
John Harmon
Joe Darwin
Irving Bacon
Pierre Couvais
Almira Sessions
Lena Couvais
Barry Norton
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom
Marie Grosnay
Charles Wagenheim
Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
Real Estate Agent
Robert Lewis
Maurice Bottello
Jeffrey Sayre
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Broker (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Police Detective (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Carlotta Couvais
Fritz Leiber
Father Fareaux
Herbert Evans
Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)
James Craven
Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Mortgage Banker (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Mady Correll
Mona Verdoux
Charles Evans
Detective Morrow
Gertrude Astor
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Bernard Nedell
Prefect of Police
Wilbur Mack
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Old Woman (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Pharmacist (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)
Louis Payne
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Martha Bottello
Marilyn Nash
The Girl
Harry Crocker
Warren Ashe
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Vera Marshe
Mrs. Vicki Darwin
Ada May
Annette, Annabella's maid
Wheeler Dryden
Salesman (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
George Dee
Waiter (uncredited)
Allison Roddan
Peter Verdoux
Helene Heigh
Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend
Barbara Slater
Flower Girl
Johnny Kascier
Carlo Schipa
Waiter (uncredited)
Margaret Hoffman
Lydia Floray
Edwin Mills
Jean Couvais
Eula Morgan
Phoebe Couvais
Christine Ell
Louise
Lois Conklin
Florist
Richard Abbott
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Ed Agresti
Waiter (uncredited)
John Breen
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Sidewalk Cafe Customer (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Julius Cramer
Executioner (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Waiter (uncredited)
Daniel de Jonghe
Waiter (uncredited)
Josette Deegan
Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Dick Earle
Stockholder (uncredited)
Ella Ethridge
Woman in the Street (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Banker (uncredited)
George Ford
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Police Officer (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
Bailiff (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Magistrate (uncredited)
Fred Karno Jr.
Mr. Karno (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Cafe Royal Doorman (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Therese Lyon
Jeannette - the Verdoux Maid (uncredited)
George Magrill
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
French Waiter (uncredited)
Albert Petit
Bystander (uncredited)
Hamil Petroff
Cafe Royal Dancer (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Catherine Price
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Press Photographer (uncredited)
William Self
Max - a Reporter (uncredited)
Millard Sherwood
Mr. Carno (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Stock Broker (uncredited)
Nanette Vallon
Maid (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Stockbroker (uncredited)
Georg Kreisler

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