The Murders in the Rue Morgue

• Director: Jeannot Szwarc
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• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Whodunit, Period Film
• Themes: Murder Investigations, Serial Killers, Mad Scientists
• Main Cast: George C. Scott
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 92 minutes

Plot

Edgar Allan Poe's classic 1841 detective story Murders in the Rue Morgue was adapted for television by David Epstein. Two women--a mother and a daughter--are brutally killed in their tiny Paris apartment. There are no eyewitnesses, and the earwitnesses are wildly contradictory. The evidence points to a man of superhuman strength: perhaps it was the girl's jealous fiance. Enter consulting detective C. Auguste Dupin (George C. Scott), who with a methodical application of logic solves the mystery. The younger of the two unfortunate ladies was played by Rebecca De Mornay, still in her ingenue phase. Murders in the Rue Morgue was originally telecast December 7, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Rebecca De Mornay - Claire Dupin; Neil Dickson - Adolphe Le Bon; Val Kilmer - Philippe Huron; Ian McShane; George C. Scott - Auguste Dupin

Credit

Jeannot Szwarc - Director, Eric Albertson - Editor, Charles Gross - Composer (Music Score), Bruno de Keyzer - Cinematographer, Robert Halmi, Jr. - Producer, David Epstein - Screenwriter, Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Author

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