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Monsieur Verdoux

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

Director

Charles Chaplin

Year

Genre

comedy, crime, drama

Box Office

$64,636

Production

Charles Chaplin Productions,United Artists

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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Henri Verdoux - Alias Varnay - Alias Bonheur - Alias Floray

Charles Chaplin

Mona Verdoux - Henri's Wife

Peter

Maurice Bottello - Verdoux's Friend

Martha

Annabella Bonheur

Annette

Marie Grosnay

Maid

Marjorie Bennett

Yvonne - Marie's Friend

Lydia Floray

Margaret Hoffman

The Girl

Pierre Couvais

Jean Couvais

Carlotta Couvais

Virginia Brissac

Lena Couvais

Almira Sessions

Phoebe Couvais

Prefect of Police

Detective Morrow

Jean La Salle

William Frawley

Real Estate Agent

Flower Girl

Father Fareaux

Mrs. Vicki Darwin

Joe Darwin

Louise - Maid

Florist

Defense Attorney

Waiter

Garden Party Guest

Garden Party Guest

Pedestrian

Sidewalk Cafe Customer

Night Club Patron

Val Bert - Pharmacist

Wheaton Chambers

Executioner

Bismo - Annabella's Friend

Broker

Night Club Patron

Night Club Patron

Waiter

Waiter

Daniel De Jonghe

Waiter

Waitress

Night Club Patron

Postman

Cyril Delevanti

Salesman

Old Woman

Elspeth Dudgeon

Stockholder

Woman in the Street

Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed

Victim of the Stock Market Crash

Franklyn Farnum

Night Club Patron

Banker

Night Club Patron

Night Club Patron

Police Officer

Garden Party Guest

Garden Party Guest

Night Club Patron

Herschel Graham

Bailiff

Garden Party Guest

Magistrate

Adolph Hitler: Clips from newsreels

Prison Official

Mr. Karno

Police Detective

Cafe Royal Doorman

Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes

Garden Party Guest

Ethelreda Leopold

Reveler at Can Can Club

Carl M. Leviness

Garden Party Guest

Garden Party Guest

Robert Locke Lorraine

Jeannette - the Verdoux Maid

Garden Party Guest

Night Club Patron

Prosecutor

Lester Matthews

Night Club Patron

Garden Party Guest

Onlooker in Hotel Lobby

Reporter

French Waiter

Ralph Montgomery

Benito Mussolini: Clips from newsreels

Benito Mussolini

Garden Party Guest

Garden Party Guest

Garden Party Guest

Bystander

Night Club Patron

Foster H. Phinney

Night Club Patron

Catherine Price

Garden Party Guest

Doctor

Garden Party Guest

Greg Rhinelander

Bank Manager

Addison Richards

Night Club Patron

Suzanne Ridgway

Wedding Guest

Waiter

Press Photographer

Max - a Reporter

Mortgage Banker

C. Montague Shaw

Mr. Carno

Millard Sherwood

Stock Broker

Maid

Reporter

M. Lavigne

Charles Wagenheim

Prison Official

Stockbroker

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The Girl Henri Verdoux Joe Darwin Reporter Garden Party Guest (uncredited)Marie Grosnay Lena Couvais Jean Couvais Annabella Bonheur Jean La Salle

As you see my real name is Henri Verdoux - Monsieur Verdoux

As you see my real name is Henri Verdoux

Keep your big feet to yourself Sprawling them all over the floor - Monsieur Verdoux

Keep your big feet to yourself Sprawling them all over the...

Funny-looking. - Monsieur Verdoux

How long's he going
to keep that incinerator burning? - Monsieur Verdoux

How long's he going to keep that incinerator burning?

Oo-la-la! - Monsieur Verdoux

"Madame, enclosed is 60,000 francs
as requested, - Monsieur Verdoux

"Madame, enclosed is 60,000 francs as requested,

Long distance, please. - Monsieur Verdoux

Long distance, please.

Good morning, Monsieur. - Monsieur Verdoux

Good morning, Monsieur.

- M. Varnay?
- At your service, Monsieur. - Monsieur Verdoux

- M. Varnay? - At your service, Monsieur.

The dining room
and to the left, the library. - Monsieur Verdoux

The dining room and to the left, the library.

It's in your eyes deep pools of desire - Monsieur Verdoux

It's in your eyes deep pools of desire

What difference does age make - Monsieur Verdoux

What difference does age make

Ah, your roses!
Don't forget your roses. - Monsieur Verdoux

Ah, your roses! Don't forget your roses.

Well, well, there you are. - Monsieur Verdoux

Well, well, there you are.

Corbell. - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello? Hello?
Long distance, please. - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello? Hello? Long distance, please.

Hello, Balong & Company?
This is M. Verdoux. - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello, Balong & Company? This is M. Verdoux.

Daddy! - Monsieur Verdoux

These are desperate days my dear - Monsieur Verdoux

These are desperate days my dear

However when the world looks grim and dark - Monsieur Verdoux

However when the world looks grim and dark

Peter don't pull the cat's tail - Monsieur Verdoux

Peter don't pull the cat's tail

I beg your pardon - Monsieur Verdoux

I beg your pardon

Oh you look so fresh and salty - Monsieur Verdoux

Oh you look so fresh and salty

Why those dirty crooks If they double crossed me I'll - Monsieur Verdoux

Why those dirty crooks If they double crossed me I'll

Two ounces of chloroform, please. - Monsieur Verdoux

Two ounces of chloroform, please.

- Who are you?
- I'm the maid. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Who are you? - I'm the maid.

I don't know what happened
to that bedroom. - Monsieur Verdoux

I don't know what happened to that bedroom.

Mme Grosnay. Mme Grosnay. - Monsieur Verdoux

Mme Grosnay. Mme Grosnay.

- Quite a shower.
- Yes, it is. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Quite a shower. - Yes, it is.

What's that A kitten - Monsieur Verdoux

What's that A kitten

Do I sound that pessimistic You do - Monsieur Verdoux

Do I sound that pessimistic You do

Now tell me the truth - Monsieur Verdoux

Now tell me the truth

Now tell me the truth - Monsieur Verdoux

Now tell me the truth

Well if you must know I'm just out of jail - Monsieur Verdoux

Well if you must know I'm just out of jail

I don't know whether this will
appeal. Eggs, toast and red wine. - Monsieur Verdoux

I don't know whether this will appeal. Eggs, toast and ...

You're tired. So right after supper,
I shall take you to your hotel. - Monsieur Verdoux

You're tired. So right after supper, I shall take you t...

Ah you're tired so immediately after supper - Monsieur Verdoux

Ah you're tired so immediately after supper

- Voilà.
- You're funny. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Voilà. - You're funny.

- What book is that?
- Schopenhauer. - Monsieur Verdoux

- What book is that? - Schopenhauer.

What book is that you're reading Schopenhauer - Monsieur Verdoux

What book is that you're reading Schopenhauer

I wonder It's the approach of death that terrifies - Monsieur Verdoux

I wonder It's the approach of death that terrifies

Yet life is wonderful - Monsieur Verdoux

Yet life is wonderful

There is such a thing How do you know - Monsieur Verdoux

There is such a thing How do you know

On the contrary - Monsieur Verdoux

On the contrary

That isn't love What is love - Monsieur Verdoux

That isn't love What is love

Tell me about him - Monsieur Verdoux

Tell me about him

Come It's very late and you're tired - Monsieur Verdoux

Come It's very late and you're tired

Silly, carrying on this way. - Monsieur Verdoux

Silly, carrying on this way.

You'd better go before your philosophy corrupts me - Monsieur Verdoux

You'd better go before your philosophy corrupts me

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it - Monsieur Verdoux

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope...

You'd better go before your philosophy corrupts me - Monsieur Verdoux

You'd better go before your philosophy corrupts me

- Good morning. Do I have a message?
- Not yet. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Good morning. Do I have a message? - Not yet.

- Be seated, Monsieur.
- Merci. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Be seated, Monsieur. - Merci.

It'll be an hour and 20 minutes
before we get there. - Monsieur Verdoux

It'll be an hour and 20 minutes before we get there.

Hello? Annabella?
This is your pigeon. - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello? Annabella? This is your pigeon.

- Drink?
- Bordeaux'd be nice, pigeon. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Drink? - Bordeaux'd be nice, pigeon.

What are you up to? - Monsieur Verdoux

What are you up to?

- Dinner'll be ready in a half hour.
- You deserve a little drink. - Monsieur Verdoux

- Dinner'll be ready in a half hour. - You deserve a li...

Pigeon! Pigeon! - Monsieur Verdoux

Pigeon! Pigeon!

He said we should go away
in the country - Monsieur Verdoux

He said we should go away in the country

- You're not angry, pigeon?
- Me? No. - Monsieur Verdoux

- You're not angry, pigeon? - Me? No.

Of course Disgusting - Monsieur Verdoux

Of course Disgusting

- You know... Is something wrong?
- Hm? - Monsieur Verdoux

- You know... Is something wrong? - Hm?

You know...
Be careful. You'll go overboard. - Monsieur Verdoux

You know... Be careful. You'll go overboard.

You Idiot! Haven't you any more sense
than to stand up in a boat? - Monsieur Verdoux

You Idiot! Haven't you any more sense than to stand up ...

Where's my hat - Monsieur Verdoux

I've always known you From the moment we met - Monsieur Verdoux

I've always known you From the moment we met

Marie. My own beloved. - Monsieur Verdoux

Marie. My own beloved.

How do you do? - Monsieur Verdoux

Well you wicked man Wicked - Monsieur Verdoux

Well you wicked man Wicked

That's one of the ironies of life - Monsieur Verdoux

That's one of the ironies of life

Now that Yvonne is gone I'm a little afraid of you - Monsieur Verdoux

Now that Yvonne is gone I'm a little afraid of you

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life - Monsieur Verdoux

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life

I'd love one Oh Claire - Monsieur Verdoux

I'd love one Oh Claire

He isn't here.
He must have recovered. - Monsieur Verdoux

He isn't here. He must have recovered.

- What are you lookin' for?
- Huh? - Monsieur Verdoux

- What are you lookin' for? - Huh?

- He isn't here.
- Oh, there he is. - Monsieur Verdoux

- He isn't here. - Oh, there he is.

I wish you'd let me stay
in the fresh air. - Monsieur Verdoux

I wish you'd let me stay in the fresh air.

Varnay. - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello? Hello?
Yes, yes, yes. What? - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello? Hello? Yes, yes, yes. What?

Hello. Balong & Company. - Monsieur Verdoux

Hello. Balong & Company.

Come here. - Monsieur Verdoux

But you and all this what happened - Monsieur Verdoux

But you and all this what happened

It's nice seeing you again - Monsieur Verdoux

It's nice seeing you again

Oh but tell me about yourself - Monsieur Verdoux

Oh but tell me about yourself

Business is a ruthless business my dear Do you love him - Monsieur Verdoux

Business is a ruthless business my dear Do you love him

Everyone needs love - Monsieur Verdoux

Everyone needs love

Despair is a narcotic - Monsieur Verdoux

Despair is a narcotic

Must you know the reason for everything - Monsieur Verdoux

Must you know the reason for everything

Why would anyone want to go up
in the Eiffel Tower at night? - Monsieur Verdoux

Why would anyone want to go up in the Eiffel Tower at night?

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A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

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Director: Charles Chaplin

Writer: Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles

Production: Charles Chaplin Productions,United Artists

Genre: comedy, crime, drama

Year: 1947

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: $64,636

Released: 23 Oct 1947

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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