MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims.
About This Film
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.
Film Details
Director
Gordon Hessler
Writers
Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Wicking, Henry Slesar
Also Known As
Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue, Asesinatos de la Calle Morgue, Morugu machi no satsujin, Mord in der Rue Morgue