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On one level, Monsieur Verdoux is the story of a fired French bank clerk who goes into business for himself -marrying and murdering women for their money.On another level, the film is an indictment of war, in which according to Verdoux, mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded."Killing is the enterprise by which your system prospers," Verdoux says."As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison."
This evaluation was particularly apt in the case of the wife, played by the irrepressible Martha Raye.As Anabella, Raye is one spouse who simply refuses to be murdered, comically evading the deadly traps that Verdoux sets for her.Another potential wife escapes her fate when Verdoux leaves her at the alter.Others were not so fortunate, however, and in the end, the family of one missing wife gets its revenge when Verdoux is sent to the guillotine.
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