Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971
director: Gordon Hessler
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United States
Cast
Jason Robards Herbert Lom Christine Kaufmann Adolfo Celi Maria Perschy Michael Dunn Lilli Palmer Peter Arne Rosalind Elliott Marshall Jones Maria Martin Ruth Plattes Xan Das Bolas Rafael Hernández Pamela McInnes Sally Longley Luis Rivera Dean Selmier Virginia Stach Werner Umberg
Synopsis
Beautiful actress Madeleine Charron
is having recurring nightmares
brought on by her role in her
husband's theatre production of
Poe's classic thriller MURDERS IN
THE RUE MORGUE.
When a member of the cast is
brutally murdered, his face burnt
with vitriol, police inspector Vidocq
arrives to investigate. Soon, he has
two more identical slayings to deal
with.
The evidence points to Marot, an
actor whose face was disfigured by
vitriol years ago in an accident on
stage involving Madeliene's mother.
But Marot is dead. Or is he...!
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Average User Rating: 2 Vote(s)
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| Distributor | Rank (Orion) |
| Catalogue Number | V2030E |
| Release Series | Orion |
| Release Date | October 1983 |
| Duration: | 83m 30s |
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User Reviews:
by Yorkie
Rather dull, predictable and tame murder thriller set amongst a Victorian theatre troop. The killer is known from the start so there's zero 'who dunnit' and all the action and gore is off screen. This really is a disappointing effort. I guess the acting is ok for its era but the tale has been better told elsewhere. Watching this like eating sugarless shredded wheat on a dreary grey Wednesday morning One for the shelf me thinks!