Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

60 mins | Crime, Horror, Romance, Mystery | Jan. 27, 1932

In 19th Century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

60 mins | Crime, Horror, Romance, Mystery | Jan. 27, 1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue
In 19th Century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Murders in the Rue Morgue
Directors Joseph A. McDonough, Scott R. Beal, Charles S. Gould, Robert Florey
Writers Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Reed, Dale Van Every, Robert Florey

Cast

Bela Lugosi

as Dr. Mirakle

Leon Ames

as Pierre Dupin

Sidney Fox

as Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye

Bert Roach

as Paul

Noble Johnson

as Janos The Black One

Betty Ross Clarke

as Mme. L'Espanaye

Brandon Hurst

as Prefect of Police

D'Arcy Corrigan

as Morgue Keeper

Arlene Francis

as Woman of the Streets

Iron Eyes Cody

as Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)

Agostino Borgato

as Alberto Montani (uncredited)

Charles Gemora

as Erik, the Gorilla (uncredited)

Charlotte Henry

as Blonde Girl in Sideshow Audience (uncredited)

Ted Billings

as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

Herman Bing

as Franz Odenheimer (uncredited)

Joe Bonomo

as Gorilla (uncredited)

Christian J. Frank

as Gendarme Using Snuff (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

as Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Harry Holman

as Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont

Edna Marion

as Mignette (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as The Dane (uncredited)

Charles Millsfield

as Bearded Man at Sideshow (uncredited)

Monte Montague

as Workman / Gendarme (uncredited)

John T. Murray

as Gendarme (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

as Crone (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Tenant (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

as Mirakle's Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Polly Ann Young

as Girl (uncredited)