Murders in the Rue Morgue

Based On the book by Edgar Allan Poe

Murders in the Rue Morgue (also known as Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue) is a 1971 British mystery horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story. It stars Jason Robards, Christine Kaufmann, Herbert Lom, Adolfo Celi, Michael Dunn and Lilli Palmer. The film was produced by the British branch of American International Pictures (AIP), and is the final film of AIP's "Poe cycle". The film departs from Poe's original story in several significant aspects, at times more resembling Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera and incorporating the historical character Eugène François Vidocq, as well as introducing metatextual elements.

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Release date:

1971

Director:

Gordon Hessler

Cast:

Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy

Genre:

Horror

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1971 in adaptations