Murders in the Rue Morgue
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1971
1h 27m
PG-13
English
Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
PG-13
Movie
1971
1h 27m
English
Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.
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Cast
Cesar Charron
Rene Marot
Madeleine Charron
Inspector Vidocq
Genevre
Pierre Triboulet
Mrs. Charron
Aubert
Gabrielle
Luigi Orsini
Madam Adolphe
Orsini's Assistant
Member of Repertory Company
Member of Repertory Company
Member of Repertory Company
Member of Repertory Company
Member of Repertory Company
Member of Repertory Company
Member of Repertory Company
Orsini's Assistant
Nurse (uncredited)
Hunchback (uncredited)
Young Madeleine (uncredited)
Cowardly Coachman (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Directed By: Gordon Hessler
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Wuchak
4 years ago
_**Poe mixed with Phantom of the Opera**_
At a Grand Guignol-like theater in turn-of-the-century Paris a troupe is beset by a shadowy acid killer. Jason Robards plays the director/actor, Christine Kaufmann his young wife, Lilli Palmer her mother, Herbert Lom a mysterious stalker, Michael Dunn a d More
At a Grand Guignol-like theater in turn-of-the-century Paris a troupe is beset by a shadowy acid killer. Jason Robards plays the director/actor, Christine Kaufmann his young wife, Lilli Palmer her mother, Herbert Lom a mysterious stalker, Michael Dunn a d More
talisencrw
6 years ago
In the extra on my Blu-ray of the film, director Hessler states he was upset with Jason Robards' performance in the title role and laments he didn't get to inherit Vincent Price as the film's star when he was asked to direct it. In watching, I quite agree that as fine an actor as Robards was, his he More
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