Murders in the Rue Morgue

Based On the book by Edgar Allan Poe

Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 American horror film directed by Robert Florey, based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". The plot is about Doctor Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), a carnival sideshow entertainer and scientist who kidnaps Parisian women to mix their blood with that of his gorilla, Erik. As his experiments fail because of the quality of his victims' blood, Mirakle meets with Camille L'Espanye (Sidney Fox), and has her kidnapped and her mother (Betty Ross Clarke) murdered, leading to suspicion falling on Camille's fiancé, Pierre Dupin (Leon Waycoff), a medical student who has already become interested in the earlier murders. Florey had suggested adapting Poe's story as early as March 1930 but he was only attached after being taken off Frankenstein (1931).

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Release date:

1932

Director:

Robert Florey

Cast:

Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst

Genre:

Crime, Mystery, Horror

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1932 in adaptations