
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.
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Charlie Chaplin as Henri Verdoux

Mady Correll as Mona Verdoux

Allison Roddan as Peter Verdoux

Robert Lewis as Maurice Bottello

Audrey Betz as Martha Bottello

Martha Raye as Annabella Bonheur

Ada May as Annette, Annabella's maid

Isobel Elsom as Marie Grosnay

Marjorie Bennett as Marie's Maid

Helene Heigh as Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend

Margaret Hoffman as Lydia Floray

Marilyn Nash as The Girl

Irving Bacon as Pierre Couvais

Edwin Mills as Jean Couvais

Virginia Brissac as Carlotta Couvais

Almira Sessions as Lena Couvais

Eula Morgan as Phoebe Couvais

Bernard Nedell as Prefect of Police

Charles Evans as Detective Morrow

William Frawley as Jean La Salle

Arthur Hohl as Real Estate Agent

Barbara Slater as Flower Girl

Fritz Leiber as Father Fareaux

Vera Marshe as Mrs. Vicki Darwin

John Harmon as Joe Darwin

Christine Ell as Louise

Lois Conklin as Florist

Richard Abbott as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Ed Agresti as Waiter (uncredited)

Warren Ashe as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

John Breen as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Sidewalk Cafe Customer (uncredited)

James Carlisle as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers as Pharmacist (uncredited)

Julius Cramer as Executioner (uncredited)

James Craven as Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan as Broker (uncredited)

Oliver Cross as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Russell Custer as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Albert D'Arno as Waiter (uncredited)

Daniel de Jonghe as Waiter (uncredited)

George Dee as Waiter (uncredited)

Josette Deegan as Waitress (uncredited)

Jack Deery as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti as Postman (uncredited)

Wheeler Dryden as Salesman (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon as Old Woman (uncredited)

Dick Earle as Stockholder (uncredited)

Ella Ethridge as Woman in the Street (uncredited)

Herbert Evans as Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

Tom Ferrandini as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Charles Fogel as Banker (uncredited)

George Ford as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Rudy Germane as Police Officer (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Dick Gordon as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Herschel Graham as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Joseph Granby as Bailiff (uncredited)

Stuart Hall as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris as Magistrate (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)

Boyd Irwin as Prison Official (uncredited)

Fred Karno Jr. as Mr. Karno (uncredited)

Colin Kenny as Police Detective (uncredited)

Bert LeBaron as Cafe Royal Doorman (uncredited)

Ruth Lee as Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness as Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Therese Lyon as Jeannette - the Verdoux Maid (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

George Magrill as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Lester Matthews as Prosecutor (uncredited)

Eric Mayne as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Clyde McLeod as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller as Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Hans Moebus as Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery as French Waiter (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Newlan as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Barry Norton as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Louis Payne as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Albert Petit as Bystander (uncredited)

Hamil Petroff as Cafe Royal Dancer (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Catherine Price as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Edna Purviance as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Reicher as Doctor (uncredited)

Greg Rhinelander as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Addison Richards as Bank Manager (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Carlo Schipa as Waiter (uncredited)

Wallace Scott as Press Photographer (uncredited)

William Self as Max - a Reporter (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw as Mortgage Banker (uncredited)

Millard Sherwood as Mr. Carno (uncredited)

Bert Stevens as Stock Broker (uncredited)

Nanette Vallon as Maid (uncredited)

Herb Vigran as Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim as Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin as Prison Official (uncredited)

Eric Wilton as Stockbroker (uncredited)
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