Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
81 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1954 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Roy Del Ruth

Written By:
Roy Del Ruth
Harold Medford
Edgar Allan Poe

Actors:
Karl Malden ..... Dr. Marais
Claude Dauphin ..... Insp. Bonnard
Patricia Medina ..... Jeanette
Steve Forrest ..... Prof. Paul Dupin
Allyn Ann McLerie ..... Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
Anthony Caruso ..... Jacques the One-Eyed
Veola Vonn ..... Arlette (model)
Dolores Dorn ..... Camille (woman in audience)
Merv Griffin ..... Georges Brevert
Paul Richards ..... Rene the Knife-thrower
Rolfe Sedan ..... LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
Erin O'Brien-Moore ..... Wardrobe woman
The Flying Zacchinis ..... Themselves

Synopsis:

A psychopath stalks Paris. Beautiful young women are being murdered. The city is terrorized. And an innocent psychology professor is framed for the crimes of the Phantom of the Rue Morgue.

Warner Bros.' followup to its 3D hit House of Wax, Phantom of the Rue Morgue bears only the slightest resemblance to its alleged inspiration, the Edgar Allan Poe mystery yarn Murders in the Rue Morgue. Karl Malden delivers one of the hammiest performances on record as mad scientist Dr. Marais, who uses a trained gorilla to exact revenge on those who've wronged him. At the top of Marais' hit list are the many beautiful women who've spurned his advances, including such French pastries as Yvonne (Allyn McLerie), Arlette (Veola Vonn) and Camille (Dolores Dorn). Each of these unfortunate ladies have been given bracelets decorated with bells, designed to attract the homicidal ape's attention. Psychology professor Paul Dupin (Steve Forrest) conducts a private investigation of the killings, only to be arrested for the murders himself by the supremely confident (and rather dense) Inspector Bonnard (Claude Dauphin). This leaves Dupin's sweetheart Jeanette (Patricia Medina) virtually defenseless when she is targetted for extermination by Doc Marais. Outside of such incidental pleasures as seeing Merv Griffin play a French medical student, Phantom of the Rue Morgue offers a vast array of unsubtle 3D 'shock' effects, which come off as hilarious when the film is shown 'flat' (as it always is these days).

After several women are murdered, the police are baffled who the suspect is. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is something that is stronger and more deadlier than man.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 June, 2009.

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