Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1971-07-21) |
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| Screen: | Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Wicking, Henry Slesar |
| Productions: | American International Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4765: Jason Robards - Cesar Charron
- 14503: Herbert Lom - Rene Marot
- 3762: Christine Kaufmann - Madeleine Charron
- 9920: Adolfo Celi - Inspector Vidocq
- 32152: Maria Perschy - Genevre
- 16085: Michael Dunn - Pierre Triboulet
- 27932: Lilli Palmer - Mrs. Charron
Crews
- 82505: Gordon Hessler - Director - Directing
- 48415: Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story - Writing
- 135998: Christopher Wicking - Writer - Writing
- 1214563: Henry Slesar - Writer - Writing
- 71523: Waldo de los Ríos - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 100332: Manuel Berenguer - Director of Photography - Camera
- 6790: Max Benedict - Editor - Editing
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In the extra on my Blu-ray of the film, director Hessler states he was upset with Jason Robards' performance in the title role and laments he didn't get to inherit Vincent Price as the film's star when he was asked to direct it. In watching, I quite agree that as fine an actor as Rob ....
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_**Poe mixed with Phantom of the Opera**_ At a Grand Guignol-like theater in turn-of-the-century Paris a troupe is beset by a shadowy acid killer. Jason Robards plays the director/actor, Christine Kaufmann his young wife, Lilli Palmer her mother, Herbert Lom a mysterious stalker, ....
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