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Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 21, 1971

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Romance

User Score

52%

Original Title

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Production Companies

American International Pictures

Director

Gordon Hessler

Description

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.