# Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

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**Runtime**: 124 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Charlie Chaplin
**Written by**: Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin
**Starring**: Charlie Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz, Martha Raye

> *A Comedy of Murders.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Chaplin's dark comedy asks if mass murder is worse than individual killings. Verdoux is a family man who weds then poisons rich women to support his wife and child. It's a bit unsettling to realize how well the film's cynicism still lands.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, pitch-black

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