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Murders in the Rue Morgue

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Murders in the Rue Morgue
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PG,1hr 27min
Genres:
Drama,Horror
Release:
1971
Director:
Gordon Hessler
Starring:
Peter Arne, José Calvo, Adolfo Celi  ...more
Synopsis: The fourth film to explore Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, this clever adaptation takes some rather broad liberties with the source material. A flamboyant Jason Robards plays Cesar Charron, owner of a Grand Guignol theatre in 19th-century Paris, who is launching a stage adaptation of "Murders in the Rue Morgue" -- much to the dismay of his young daughter Madeleine (Christine Kaufmann), who is tormented by nightmares filled with images from the play. A spate of gruesome murders among the theatre's ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
This riff on the famous Edgar Allen Poe story has an intriguing, experimental edge to it but is not fully successful at reinventing the Poe subgenre. The script is an imaginative affair, using the title story as a play-within-the-film and borrowing elements from various other Poe stories to flesh out its meta-storytelling concept. Unfortunately, the plotting becomes convoluted as the story rolls on ... Full Review
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