MONSIEUR VERDOUX
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Charlie Chaplin became an international film superstar by keeping silent (the movies forced him to, at first), and by portraying a sweet soul constantly at odds with a cold, cruel world. But in the sound era, later in his career, Chaplin played a much more vocal and venomous type. As the title character in this dark comedy from 1947, he plays a man who woos and marries wealthy women, with the aim of doing away with them afterward. That aim rings true at first – but not always. Co-stars in this delightfully twisted character study include Mady Corell, Audrey Betz and, believe it or not, Martha Raye.