Murders in the Rue Morgue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1932-02-21

Languages:

English, Danish, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

61 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2322 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Florey

Genres:

Crime Horror Mystery

Cast:

Sidney Fox Bela Lugosi Leon Ames Bert Roach

Writer:

Edgar Allan Poe (story)

Robert Florey (adaptation)

Tom Reed (screenplay)

Dale Van Every (screenplay)

John Huston (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.

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