Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Time Out says
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.Author: GA
Release details
UK release:
1932
Duration:
75 mins
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Cast:
Brandon Hurst, Noble Johnson, Arlene Francis, Bert Roach, Leon Ames, Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Herman Bing
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Screenwriter:
John Huston, Robert Florey, Dale Van Every, Tom Reed
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