Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.
Movie Tagline:
Innocent Beauty
Title: Murders In The Rue Morgue
Release Date: February 21, 1932
Runtime: 61 mins
Genre: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Languages: English, Danish, German
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.3
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With M
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Director(s):
Robert Florey
Cast:
Sidney Fox ...Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye
Bela Lugosi ...Dr. Mirakle
Leon Ames ...Pierre Dupin (as Leon Waycoff)
Bert Roach ...Paul
Betty Ross Clarke ...Mme. L'Espanaye
Brandon Hurst ...Prefect of Police
D'Arcy Corrigan ...Morgue Keeper
Noble Johnson ...Janos The Black One
Arlene Francis ...Woman of the Streets
Ted Billings ...Sideshow Spectator
Herman Bing ...Franz Odenheimer
Agostino Borgato ...Alberto Montani
Christian J. Frank ...Gendarme Using Snuff
Charles Gemora ...Erik, the Gorilla
Harrison Greene ...Sideshow Barker
Charlotte Henry ...Blonde Girl in Sideshow Audience
Harry Holman ...Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont,...
Edna Marion ...Mignette
Torben Meyer ...The Dane
Charles Millsfield ...Bearded Man at Sideshow
Monte Montague ...Workman / Gendarme
John T. Murray ...Gendarme
Tempe Pigott ...Crone
Dorothy Vernon ...Tenant
Michael Visaroff ...Mirakle's Sideshow Barker
Polly Ann young ...Girl
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
E.M. Asher
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Writer(s):
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Florey
Tom Reed
Dale Van Every
John Huston
Ethel M. Kelly
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"Romeo and Juliet Overture"
More Movie Taglines:
- Innocent Beauty
- this was her wedding eve. On the wall a shadow . . the beast was at large grinning horribly-cruelly. What was Her Fate ?
- A powerful cast that will guarantee entertainment !
- Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe's dramatic story of the horrors of Paris
Movie Trivia:
- Many censors cut parts of the death scenes of the woman of the streets, eliminating her stabbing and her being tied to the cross beams.
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Among the caricatures drawn on the walls of Dupin's apartment is the likeness of Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote the story the film is based on.
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Keywords:
Ape, Medical Student, Police, Kidnapping, Morgue ...[more]
Keywords All:
Laboratory, Trapdoor, Chimney, Evolution, Blood Transfusion, Mad Doctor, 1840s, Gunfire, Sideshow, Carnival, Paris France, Rescue, Mad Scientist, Murder, Servant
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Rating: 7.3 out of 10.0 - 62 votes cast total
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