The Murders in the Rue Morgue (TV)
1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
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.
Direction Jeannot Szwarc
Cast George C. Scott · Val Kilmer · Rebecca De Mornay · Ian McShane · Neil Dickson · Fernand Guiot · Maud Rayer · Patrick Floersheim · Maxence Mailfort · Yvette Petit
Soundtrack Charles Gross
Screenplay David Epstein · Edgar Allan Poe
Cinematography Bruno de Keyzer
Original title The Murders in the Rue Morgue (TV)
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