Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

Directed by

Roy Del Ruth

Genre

horror film, crime film, detective film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of brutal murders in 19th century Paris. The clues point toward an unexpected and frightening perpetrator.

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What happens

Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 American mystery horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina and Steve Forrest. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Warner Bros. Pictures released several 3D productions during the 1950s, including the big-budget The Charge at Feather River (1953). Following another western, The Moonlighter (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, the studio attempted to repeat the success they had with House of Wax the previous year. This movie was based on the same story which had formed the basis of a 1932 horror film which stars Bela Lugosi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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