Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth

Crime / Horror / Mystery

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...

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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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