A dying millionaire plays his greedy friends like fiddles — and the con is delicious.
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.
Acting
Louis Jouvet's Mosca — a servant who clearly thinks he's smarter than everyone (he is).
Production
Lavish Venetian sets that scream 'stolen wealth'.
Writing
Ben Jonson's 1606 play sharpened into cinematic daggers.
Director
Maurice Tourneur
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