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Phantom of the Rue Morgue
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Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 film about a series of mysterious murders of women.
''Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Written by James R. Webb, based on the short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe.
Mad passions, madder deeds in the Edgar Allan Poe chiller! (taglines)
Dialogue
Dr. Marais: These days inspector everything is Freud or it is nothing, Freud and the labido, anything new, especialy from zoologists like myself...
Prof. Paul Dupin: ...At least has a reception here. Dr. Marais maintains that in all forms of life, from the mico to man, the killer instinct lies latent.
Dr. Marais: Held in check for most of us, but for others igniting under certain hatred, or passion, or a crowning frustration, or a total collapse of one's beliefs...
Taglines
Mad passions, madder deeds in the Edgar Allan Poe chiller!
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
Charles Gemora — Sultan, The Gorilla
The Flying Zacchinis — Themselves
External links
0047348 Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Category:Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe
Category:Films about serial killers
Category:1954 American films
Category:1954 English-language films
Category:American historical films
Category:American mystery films
Category:Films directed by Roy Del Ruth
Category:Films set in Paris
Category:Films set in the 1870s
Category:American remake films