Trama
Nella Francia a cavallo tra le due guerre mondiali, la crisi economica provoca disoccupazione e difficoltà alle classi sociali più deboli. Henri Verdoux, impiegato bancario, viene licenziato dopo trent'anni di collaborazione e come conseguenza, per mantenere la famiglia, moglie inferma ed un bimbo piccolo e per assicurare loro una vita dignitosa ed una casa di proprietà, finisce nel tunnel schizoide del delitto per assicurarsi patrimoni con cui finanziare attività speculative.
Una commedia di delitti.
Data rilascio : 26/09/1947
regia di Charlie Chaplin
Budget : 2.000.000,00 $
Cast
-
Charlie Chaplin
- Henri Verdoux -
Mady Correll
- Mona Verdoux -
Allison Roddan
- Peter Verdoux -
Robert Lewis
- Maurice Bottello -
Audrey Betz
- Martha Bottello -
Martha Raye
- Annabella Bonheur -
Ada May
- Annette, Annabella's maid -
Isobel Elsom
- Marie Grosnay -
Marjorie Bennett
- Marie's Maid -
Helene Heigh
- Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend -
Margaret Hoffman
- Lydia Floray -
Marilyn Nash
- The Girl -
Irving Bacon
- Pierre Couvais -
Edwin Mills
- Jean Couvais -
Virginia Brissac
- Carlotta Couvais -
Almira Sessions
- Lena Couvais -
Eula Morgan
- Phoebe Couvais -
Bernard Nedell
- Prefect of Police -
Charles Evans
- Detective Morrow -
William Frawley
- Jean La Salle -
Arthur Hohl
- Real Estate Agent -
Barbara Slater
- Flower Girl -
Fritz Leiber
- Father Fareaux -
Vera Marshe
- Mrs. Vicki Darwin -
John Harmon
- Joe Darwin -
Christine Ell
- Louise -
Lois Conklin
- Florist -
Richard Abbott
- Defense Attorney (uncredited) -
Ed Agresti
- Waiter (uncredited) -
Warren Ashe
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Gertrude Astor
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
John Breen
- Pedestrian (uncredited) -
Ralph Brooks
- Sidewalk Cafe Customer (uncredited) -
James Carlisle
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Wheaton Chambers
- Pharmacist (uncredited) -
Julius Cramer
- Executioner (uncredited) -
James Craven
- Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited) -
Joseph Crehan
- Broker (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) -
George Dee
- Waiter (uncredited) -
Josette Deegan
- Waitress (uncredited) -
Jack Deery
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Cyril Delevanti
- Postman (uncredited) -
Wheeler Dryden
- Salesman (uncredited) -
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Old Woman (uncredited) -
Dick Earle
- Stockholder (uncredited) -
Ella Ethridge
- Woman in the Street (uncredited) -
Herbert Evans
- Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited) -
Franklyn Farnum
- Victim of the Stock Market Crash (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) -
Adolf Hitler
- Self (archive footage) -
Boyd Irwin
- Prison Official (uncredited) -
Fred Karno Jr.
- Mr. Karno (uncredited) -
Colin Kenny
- Police Detective (uncredited) -
Bert LeBaron
- Cafe Royal Doorman (uncredited) -
Ruth Lee
- Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited) -
Ethelreda Leopold
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Carl M. Leviness
- Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited) -
Leota Lorraine
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Robert Locke Lorraine
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Therese Lyon
- Jeannette - the Verdoux Maid (uncredited) -
Wilbur Mack
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
George Magrill
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Lester Matthews
- Prosecutor (uncredited) -
Eric Mayne
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Clyde McLeod
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Harold Miller
- Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) -
Hans Moebus
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Ralph Montgomery
- French Waiter (uncredited) -
Benito Mussolini
- Self (archive footage) (uncredited) -
Paul Newlan
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Barry Norton
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Louis Payne
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Albert Petit
- Bystander (uncredited) -
Hamil Petroff
- Cafe Royal Dancer (uncredited) -
Foster H. Phinney
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Catherine Price
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Edna Purviance
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Frank Reicher
- Doctor (uncredited) -
Greg Rhinelander
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Addison Richards
- Bank Manager (uncredited) -
Suzanne Ridgway
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Jeffrey Sayre
- Wedding Guest (uncredited) -
Carlo Schipa
- Waiter (uncredited) -
Wallace Scott
- Press Photographer (uncredited) -
William Self
- Max - a Reporter (uncredited) -
C. Montague Shaw
- Mortgage Banker (uncredited) -
Millard Sherwood
- Mr. Carno (uncredited) -
Bert Stevens
- Stock Broker (uncredited) -
Nanette Vallon
- Maid (uncredited) -
Herb Vigran
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Charles Wagenheim
- Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited) -
Pierre Watkin
- Prison Official (uncredited) -
Eric Wilton
- Stockbroker (uncredited)