Ada May, Allison Roddan, Audrey Betz
A redundant bank clerk attempts to find any means at his disposal to protect his crippled wife and family by bigamously courting and marrying rich women, securing their property and then returning hom...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 16, 2000
Stats: 203 reviews
The greatest comedian of all time finally leaves behind 'The Tramp' the character that made him famous, and here plays a serial killer, a very affable and charming one, though.
A gem of black comedy, in which Chaplin showed a little wickedness, without abandoning his social comme...( read more)
The only time I can sympathize with a criminal who...kills for a reason!Chaplin is a true innovator of ludicrous sarcasm and...bitter,social commentary.
"Monsieur Verdoux" is a very different Chaplin picture, compared to his earlier Tramp films. But the dark tone of the film does not completely remove his trademark charm, even though he is playing a serial killer. And though murder is the subject throughout the film, the humanity...( read more)
Everything Charles Chaplin has a hand in has some sort of brilliance to it. He is so clever and such a visionary. This is a great film, subtly very funny. The acting is fantastic, and Martha Raye gives one of her finest performances. The writing is incredible, the sets are perfec...( read more)
these are the times, when the movies were made as they should be... no FX and no cruelty although a story about a murder
a film from the talking period of Chaplin but which is more forgotten ...anyway its a film by Chaplin . i don t know the the kind of film if director was Welles , but i have the feeling that was not chemistry between the two holly monsters
The worst Chaplin Movie ive seen, there is no fun with a Non-tramp-Chaplin film.
Different than the classic Charles Chaplin movies, but surprsingly it's quite good. Similar to "Modern Times", Chaplin chooses the subject of depression in the thirties as main issue in "Monsieur Verdoux". It's different from his other movies because it's less of a comedy, and ...( read more)
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