Monsieur Verdoux
A Comedy of Murders.
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- Drama
- Crime
- Comedy
Overview
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.
Keywords
- thoughtful
- based on true story
- villain
- serial killer
- dark comedy
- great depression
- 1930s
- black and white
- cold blooded killer
- marriage
- film noir
- hopeful
- stock market crash
- polygamy
- anti-capitalism
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 27, 1947
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- French, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,Charles Chaplin Productions
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0039631