Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Review: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Director: Gordon Hessler

Cast: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy,

Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom
Christine Kaufmann
Christine Kaufmann
Adolfo Celi
Adolfo Celi
Maria Perschy
Maria Perschy

Plot: 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.

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