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- Starring: Martha Raye, William Frawley, Marilyn Nash
- Rating: Not Rated
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- 2 Release Date: 03/26/2013
- Label: The Criterion Collection
Monsieur Verdoux [1947] [Criterion] (BLU)
Charlie Chaplin
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Charlie Chaplin plays shockingly against type in his most controversial film, a brilliant and bleak black comedy about money, marriage, and murder. Chaplin is a twentieth-century Bluebeard, an enigmatic family man who goes to extreme lengths to support his wife and child, attempting to bump off a series of wealthy widows (including one played by the indefatigable Martha Raye , in a hilarious performance). This deeply philosophical and wildly entertaining film is a work of true sophistication, both for the moral questions it dares to ask and the way it deconstructs its megastar's loveable on-screen persona.
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- Starring: Martha Raye, William Frawley, Marilyn Nash
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 03/26/2013
- Run Time: 124 minutes
- Catalogue #: 2240
Special Features
- Chaplin Today: “Monsieur Verdoux,” a 2003 program on the film’s production and release, featuring filmmaker Claude Chabrol and actor Norman Lloyd
- Charlie Chaplin and the American Press, a new documentary featuring Chaplin specialist Kate Guyonvarch and author Charles Maland
- New video essay featuring an audio interview with actress Marilyn Nash
- Radio advertisements and trailers
