Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!
87 min
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.
- Release date
- July 21, 1971
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Waldo de los Ríos
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Cast
- Jason Robards as Cesar Charron
- Herbert Lom as Rene Marot
- Christine Kaufmann as Madeleine Charron
- Adolfo Celi as Inspector Vidocq
- Maria Perschy as Genevre
- Michael Dunn as Pierre Triboulet
- Lilli Palmer as Madeleine's Mother
- Peter Arne as Aubert
- Rosalind Elliot as Gabrielle
- Marshall Jones as Luigi Orsini
- María Martín as Madam Adolphe
- Rafael Hernández as Member of Repertory Company
- Luis Rivera as Member of Repertory Company
- Dean Selmier as Member of Repertory Company
- Werner Umberg as Member of Repertory Company
- Xan das Bolas as Orsini's Assistant
- Brooke Adams as Nurse (uncredited)
- José Calvo as Hunchback (uncredited)
- Inma de Santis as Young Madeleine (uncredited)
- Víctor Israel as Cowardly Coachman (uncredited)
- Emile Stemmler as Doctor (uncredited)
Crew
- Gordon Hessler · Director
- Edgar Allan Poe · Writer
- Christopher Wicking · Writer
- Henry Slesar · Writer
- Louis M. Heyward · Producer
- Waldo de los Ríos · Composer
- Manuel Berenguer · Cinematographer
- Max Benedict · Editor
- José Luis Galicia · Production designer