Monsieur Verdoux [videorecording] : a comedy of murders / Chaplin Studios ; written, produced, directed and scored by Charles Chaplin ; associate directors, Wheeler Dryden, Robert Florey ; photography, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico ; music, Charles Chaplin.

In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Verdoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterpri...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Creator)
Corporate Authors:	Chaplin Studios, Inc, CBS Fox Video, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 (Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Actor, Composer), Raye, Martha (Actor), Correll, Mady (Actor), Roddan, Allison (Actor), Lewis, R. (Robert), 1940- (Actor), Shepard, David (Writer of accompanying material)
Other title:	Monsieur Verdoux (Motion picture)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Chatsworth, California : Image Entertainment [Distributor], 2000.
Subjects:	Fortune hunters > Drama. Serial murderers > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Swindlers and swindling > Drama. Feature films. Dark comedy films. Romance films.