Murders in the Rue Morgue

"LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!"

Jul 21 1971 PG-13 1h 27m
Crime, Horror, Mystery

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Wicking, Henry Slesar

Directed by

Gordon Hessler

Cast

Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

American International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Murders in the Rue Morgue Official Trailer #1 - Bert Roach Movie (1932) HD
Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971 TV trailer
Featurettes
Gorden Hessler Interview #2 - Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
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