Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Crime / Horror / Mystery
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Film Synopsis
When several women are savagely murdered in a working class district of Paris, the police suspect they may be the victims of a psychology professor, Paul Dupin. In truth, the murderer is a psychotic scientist, Dr Marais, who has trained a gorilla to kill anyone who has wronged him, in particular women who decline to offer him their favours...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Roy Del Ruth
- Script: Edgar Allan Poe (story), Harold Medford, James R. Webb
- Cinematographer: J. Peverell Marley
- Music: David Buttolph
- Cast: Karl Malden (Dr. Marais), Claude Dauphin (Insp. Bonnard), Patricia Medina (Jeanette), Steve Forrest (Prof. Paul Dupin), Allyn Ann McLerie (Yvonne), Anthony Caruso (Jacques the One-Eyed), Veola Vonn (Arlette), Dolores Dorn (Camille), Merv Griffin (Georges Brevert), Paul Richards (Rene the Knife-thrower), Rolfe Sedan (LeBon), Erin O'Brien-Moore (Wardrobe Woman), The Flying Zacchinis (Themselves), Rico Alaniz (Gendarme), Richard Avonde (Vendor), Baynes Barron (Circus Manager), Max Barwyn (Concierge), Joan Blair (Lodger), Marie Blake (Marie), Nan Boardman (Camille's Mother)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 83 min
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