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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Director: Robert Florey

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From Time Out Film Guide

Very loosely based on a tale by Poe, this is a pedestrian but still highly enjoyable account of a mad scientist (Lugosi) scouring Paris for young female victims to prove his rather unusual theory of evolution: experiments involve mixing the blood of the women with that of a gorilla. The perverse and sordid sexual implications of the story are rarely made explicit, although there are a couple of genuinely unpleasant scenes. Stylistically (it's beautifully shot by Karl Freund) the whole thing owes more to The Cabinet of Dr Caligari than to Poe.

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Director: Robert Florey

Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr

Cast: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Arlene Francis, Noble Johnson, Brandon Hurst, Herman Bing full cast

Duration: 75 mins


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