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
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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 -
Richard Abbott
- Defense Attorney (uncredited) -
Warren Ashe
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Gertrude Astor
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Wilbur Mack
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Barry Norton
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Edna Purviance
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Herbert Evans
- Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited) -
Ralph Brooks
- Sidewalk Cafe Customer (uncredited) -
Wheaton Chambers
- Pharmacist (uncredited) -
James Craven
- Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited) -
Joseph Crehan
- Broker (uncredited) -
Bert Stevens
- Stock Broker (uncredited) -
Albert D'Arno
- Waiter (uncredited) -
George Dee
- Waiter (uncredited) -
Carlo Schipa
- Waiter (uncredited) -
Ralph Montgomery
- French Waiter (uncredited) -
Cyril Delevanti
- Postman (uncredited) -
Wheeler Dryden
- Salesman (uncredited) -
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Old Woman (uncredited) -
Ella Ethridge
- Woman in the Street (uncredited) -
Franklyn Farnum
- Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited) -
Joseph Granby
- Bailiff (uncredited) -
Boyd Irwin
- Prison Official (uncredited) -
Pierre Watkin
- Prison Official (uncredited) -
Colin Kenny
- Police Detective (uncredited) -
Bert LeBaron
- Cafe Royal Doorman (uncredited) -
Ruth Lee
- Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited) -
Carl M. Leviness
- Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited) -
Therese Lyon
- Jeannette - the Verdoux Maid (uncredited) -
Lester Matthews
- Prosecutor (uncredited) -
Harold Miller
- Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) -
Paul Newlan
- Garden Party Guest (uncredited) -
Albert Petit
- Bystander (uncredited) -
Frank Reicher
- Doctor (uncredited) -
Addison Richards
- Bank Manager (uncredited) -
Charles Wagenheim
- Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited) -
Suzanne Ridgway
- Night Club Patron (uncredited) -
Jeffrey Sayre
- Wedding Guest (uncredited) -
William Self
- Max - a Reporter (uncredited) -
C. Montague Shaw
- Mortgage Banker (uncredited) -
Nanette Vallon
- Maid (uncredited) -
Herb Vigran
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Adolf Hitler
- Self (archive footage)