Phantom of the Rue Morgue
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954, USA) is a Crime-Horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth.
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Main Details
- Released on March 19, 1954 (New York, NY)
- Color
- Running time: 83 minutes
- Production and Distribution Co.: Warner Bros.
- Directed by Roy Del Ruth
- Written by Harold Medford and James R. Webb, based on Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue"
- Starring: Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin and Patricia Medina
Plot Summary
- When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Taglines
- It Mauls...It Rips...It Vanishes! A Mammoth Monstrous-Man-or-Creature Rising Out of the Depths Beneath the City!
- SEE IT -- BUT DON'T REVEAL IT! Let your friends feel for themselves the Phantom's full impact!
- Can It Be HUMAN?
- The NEW Warner Bros. Sensation
- Mad passions, madder deeds in the Edgar Allan Poe chiller!
