Murders in the Rue Morgue
LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!
Overview
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.
- Production
- American International Pictures
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Cast
Jason Robards
Cesar Charron
Herbert Lom
Rene Marot
Christine Kaufmann
Madeleine Charron
Adolfo Celi
Inspector Vidocq
Maria Perschy
Genevre
Michael Dunn
Pierre Triboulet
Lilli Palmer
Mrs. Charron
Peter Arne
Aubert
María Martín
Madam Adolphe
Rafael Hernández
Member of Repertory Company
Pamela McInnes
Member of Repertory Company (Blonde)
Sally Longley
Member of Repertory Company (Brunette)
Dean Selmier
Member of Repertory Company
Xan das Bolas
Orsini's Assistant
Brooke Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
José Calvo
Hunchback (uncredited)
Inma de Santis
Young Madeleine (uncredited)
Víctor Israel
Cowardly Coachman (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
Doctor (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Gordon Hessler
- Writers
- Christopher Wicking,Henry Slesar
- Cinematography
- Manuel Berenguer
- Composer
- Waldo de los Ríos
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talisencrw
June 25, 2016
In the extra on my Blu-ray of the film, director Hessler states he was upset with Jason Robards' performance in the title role and laments he didn't get to inherit Vincent Price as the film's star when he was asked to direct it. In watching, I quite agree that as fine an actor as Robards was, his heart wasn't in horror and thus his tone is off here. Still, Herbert Lom is great as the antagonist and there are many enjoyable wonders to behold. I strongly feel that had Price acted in Robards' pl…
Wuchak
September 9, 2020
_**Poe mixed with Phantom of the Opera**_ At a Grand Guignol-like theater in turn-of-the-century Paris a troupe is beset by a shadowy acid killer. Jason Robards plays the director/actor, Christine Kaufmann his young wife, Lilli Palmer her mother, Herbert Lom a mysterious stalker, Michael Dunn a dubious dwarf and Adolfo Celi the inspector. “Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1971) is not a film version of Edgar Allan Poe’s story, which the viewer is keyed-off to right away with the revelation th…