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21/07/1971 Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Romance 1h 27m
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LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!

Overview

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.

  1. Gordon Hessler

    Director

  2. Christopher Wicking

    Writer

  3. Henry Slesar

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jason Robards

    Cesar Charron

  2. Herbert Lom

    Rene Marot

  3. Christine Kaufmann

    Madeleine Charron

  4. Adolfo Celi

    Inspector Vidocq

  5. Maria Perschy

    Genevre

  6. Michael Dunn

    Pierre Triboulet

  7. Lilli Palmer

    Mrs. Charron

  8. Peter Arne

    Aubert

  9. Rosalind Elliot

    Gabrielle

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2020-09-09
_**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 dubious dwarf and Adolfo Celi the inspector.

“Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1971) is not a film version of Edgar Allan Poe’s story, which the viewer is keyed-off to right away with the revelation that the play featured at the theater _IS_ Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgan.” The director...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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