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Murders in the Rue Morgue

- The super shocker !

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.

Release Date : 1932-01-27

Language :EnglishGermanDanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sidney Fox

Character Name : Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye

Original Name : Sidney Fox

Gender : Female

Bela Lugosi

Character Name : Dr. Mirakle

Original Name : Bela Lugosi

Gender : Male

Leon Ames

Character Name : Pierre Dupin

Original Name : Leon Ames

Gender : Male

Bert Roach

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Bert Roach

Gender : Male

Betty Ross Clarke

Character Name : Mme. L'Espanaye

Original Name : Betty Ross Clarke

Gender : Female

Brandon Hurst

Character Name : Prefect of Police

Original Name : Brandon Hurst

Gender : Male

D'Arcy Corrigan

Character Name : Morgue Keeper

Original Name : D'Arcy Corrigan

Gender : Male

Noble Johnson

Character Name : Janos The Black One

Original Name : Noble Johnson

Gender : Male

Arlene Francis

Character Name : Woman of the Streets

Original Name : Arlene Francis

Gender : Female

Ted Billings

Character Name : Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Ted Billings

Gender : Male

Herman Bing

Character Name : Franz Odenheimer (uncredited)

Original Name : Herman Bing

Gender : Male

Joe Bonomo

Character Name : Gorilla (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Bonomo

Gender : Male

Agostino Borgato

Character Name : Alberto Montani (uncredited)

Original Name : Agostino Borgato

Gender : Male

Iron Eyes Cody

Character Name : Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)

Original Name : Iron Eyes Cody

Gender : Male

Christian J. Frank

Character Name : Gendarme Using Snuff (uncredited)

Original Name : Christian J. Frank

Gender : Male

Charles Gemora

Character Name : Erik, the Gorilla (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Gemora

Gender : Male

Harrison Greene

Character Name : Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Original Name : Harrison Greene

Gender : Male

Charlotte Henry

Character Name : Blonde Girl in Sideshow Audience (uncredited)

Original Name : Charlotte Henry

Gender : Female

Harry Holman

Character Name : Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Holman

Gender : Male

Edna Marion

Character Name : Mignette (uncredited)

Original Name : Edna Marion

Gender : Female

Torben Meyer

Character Name : The Dane (uncredited)

Original Name : Torben Meyer

Gender : Male

Charles Millsfield

Character Name : Bearded Man at Sideshow (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Millsfield

Gender : Male

Monte Montague

Character Name : Workman / Gendarme (uncredited)

Original Name : Monte Montague

Gender : Male

John T. Murray

Character Name : Gendarme (uncredited)

Original Name : John T. Murray

Gender : Male

Tempe Pigott

Character Name : Crone (uncredited)

Original Name : Tempe Pigott

Gender : Female

Dorothy Vernon

Character Name : Tenant (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Vernon

Gender : Female

Michael Visaroff

Character Name : Mirakle's Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Visaroff

Gender : Male

Polly Ann Young

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Polly Ann Young

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-28

Bela Lugosi is at his most rigid best in this eerily spooky adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story. It's 1800s Paris and amidst the fog and the cobblestones streets, young women are being kidnapped and disappearing without trace. What's this to do with "Mirakle" (Lugosi)? Well we quite quickly discover that he is working on a Darwin-esque plan to prove the relationship between human beings and apes. To prove his theories, he is using the blood from his more hirsute helpers to contaminate his guinea pigs, but as yet to no avail. When he alights on the young "Camille" (Sidney Fox) her boyfriend, medical student "Dupin" (Leon Ames) starts to piece things together but how on earth is he going to convince the gendarmerie? I really quite enjoyed this hour of megalomanic science, peppered with some acceptable co-starring and a reasonably tight script as the tension of the adventure is managed quite effectively by Robert Florey towards a denouement that has a soupçon more jeopardy than you might expect. Of course, the role given to Fox is little better than that of one tied to a rail track, but she still manages to exude just enough of a sense of panic to keep things interesting and it's a decent example of an early, at times even scary, talkie.