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
Addison Richards
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
Marie's Maid
Pierre Watkin
Prison Official (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Broker (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Pierre Couvais
Bert Stevens
Stock Broker (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Police Detective (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Carlotta Couvais
Arthur Hohl
Real Estate Agent
C. Montague Shaw
Mortgage Banker (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Old Woman (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Detective Morrow
Martha Raye
Annabella Bonheur
Herbert Evans
Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vera Marshe
Mrs. Vicki Darwin
Harry Crocker
Fritz Leiber
Father Fareaux
Wheaton Chambers
Pharmacist (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
George Dee
Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)
Helene Heigh
Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend
Ruth Lee
Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Martha Bottello
Warren Ashe
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Lewis
Maurice Bottello
Wilbur Mack
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Ada May
Annette, Annabella's maid
Frank Reicher
Doctor (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
Lena Couvais
Charlie Chaplin
Henri Verdoux
Allison Roddan
Peter Verdoux
Louis Payne
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Mady Correll
Mona Verdoux
Franklyn Farnum
Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
James Craven
Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Postman (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom
Marie Grosnay
Barbara Slater
Flower Girl
Boyd Irwin
Prison Official (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Nash
The Girl
Bernard Nedell
Prefect of Police
John Harmon
Joe Darwin
Herb Vigran
Reporter (uncredited)
Wheeler Dryden
Salesman (uncredited)
William Frawley
Jean La Salle
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)
Diana Deane
Dancer (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)
Greg Rhinelander
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Press Photographer (uncredited)
William Self
Max - a Reporter (uncredited)
Millard Sherwood
Mr. Carno (uncredited)
Nanette Vallon
Maid (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Stockbroker (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier
Georg Kreisler

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