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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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