Murders in the Rue Morgue Movie Review 1971

A young woman has frightening dreams inspired by a play that her father is producing in Paris at the turn of the century. After many people associated with the production become murder victims, the girl becomes involved with one of her father's former associates, a man who killed her mother years ago and then faked his own suicide. The fourth film based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror story.

Distribution

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Adapted from a Story, Books to Film: Edgar Allan Poe, Paris

Cast

Jason Robards, Lilli Palmer, Herbert Lom, Michael Dunn, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi

Director

Gordon Hessler

Producer

American International Pictures (A.I.P.)