The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
- Directed by
- Jules Dassin
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is haunted by the sound of his elderly housemate's heartbeat after a violent act. The story follows his growing paranoia as he tries to convince the police of his sanity.
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What happens
The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1941 American drama film, 20 minutes long, directed by Jules Dassin. The screenplay by Doane R. Hoag is based on the 1843 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. The film marked Dassin's directorial debut after working as an assistant to Alfred Hitchcock and Garson Kanin. It is typical of the short film adaptations of literary classics studios produced to precede the feature film during the 1930s and 1940s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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