Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Written by	Edgar Allan Poe
Screenplay by	Harold Medford James R. Webb
Based on	The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Starring	Karl Malden Claude Dauphin Patricia Medina
Music by	David Buttolph
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Editing by	James Moore
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	March 27, 1954
Running time	83 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,450,000 (USA)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Karl Malden and Claude Dauphin. It is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Warner Bros. released 3D productions, the big budget The Charge at Feather River (1953). Following another western, The Moonlighter (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, the studio decided to try and repeat the success they had with House of Wax before the Phantom of the Rue Morgue. This version was based on a story that also formed the basis of a previous horror film from the early 1930s, Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi.

Cast

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

External links

• Phantom of the Rue Morgue at the Internet Movie Database
• Phantom of the Rue Morgue at AllRovi
• Phantom of the Rue Morgue at the TCM Movie Database