Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971 · Movie · PG-13 · 87 min · ★ 5.1 · 74% critics
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.
Based on The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Also known as Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue · Double Assassinat Dans la Rue Morgue
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Details
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-07-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.1/10 (49 votes)
Themes
- prostitute
- paris, france
- england
- psychopath
- haunted house
- phantom
- hypnosis
- buried alive
- murder
- decapitation
- whodunit
- grand guignol
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Jason Robards
as Cesar Charron
Herbert Lom
as Rene Marot
Christine Kaufmann
as Madeleine Charron
Adolfo Celi
as Inspector Vidocq
Maria Perschy
as Genevre
Michael Dunn
as Pierre Triboulet
Lilli Palmer
as Mrs. Charron
Peter Arne
as Aubert
- RE
Rosalind Elliot
as Gabrielle
- MJ
Marshall Jones
as Luigi Orsini
Directed by Gordon Hessler