Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!
19711h 27minCrime MoviesEnglish
5.2

Plot

In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.

WriterEdgar Allan Poe
DirectorGordon Hessler
ActorJason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann
CountryUnited Kingdom
ProductionAmerican International Pictures