Monsieur Verdoux

Critically acclaimed Chaplin comedy about an unemployed man who turns to murdering wealthy widows in order to support his wife and young son. He taps a steady stream of victims by advertising in the dating columns, but eventually meets the woman who proves to be his nemesis. This sinister film with its bleak subject is unlike any of Chaplin’s other films and flopped at the box office when first released., Bank clerk Henri loses his job in the Great Depression, but finds a scheme to support his wife and son: he seduces wealthy widows and then murders them., In this controversial “comedy of murders,” Charlie Chaplin stars as Verdoux, a mild-mannered family man of pre-war France. Verdoux has made a career out of marrying foolish, wealthy women and murdering them for the insurance money. He does this thirteen times with success, but wife #14 proves impossible to kill., Black comedy based on an idea by Orson Welles. Bank clerk Henri loses his job in the Great Depression, but finds a scheme to support his wife and son: he seduces wealthy widows and then murders them., Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and stars in this story of a fellow who marries, then murders, wealthy women. Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Mady Correll. Maurice: Robert Lewis. Yvonne: Helen Heigh. Lydia: Margaret Hoffman. Peter: Allison Roddan. Martha: Audrey Betz.