Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

87 mins | Crime, Thriller, Horror, Romance, Mystery | July 21, 1971

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.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

87 mins | Crime, Thriller, Horror, Romance, Mystery | July 21, 1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue
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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers American International Pictures
Original title Murders in the Rue Morgue
Directors Rosa Biadiu, Kuki López Rodero, Gordon Hessler
Writers Henry Slesar, Christopher Wicking, Edgar Allan Poe

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 Mrs. Charron

Peter Arne

as Aubert

Rosalind Elliot

as Gabrielle

Marshall Jones

as Luigi Orsini

María Martín

as Madam Adolphe

Ruth Plattes

as Orsini's Assistant

Rafael Hernández

as Member of Repertory Company

Pamela McInnes

as Member of Repertory Company

Sally Longley

as Member of Repertory Company

Luis Rivera

as Member of Repertory Company

Dean Selmier

as Member of Repertory Company

Virginia Stach

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)