The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Most of the 397 1970s crime movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
51 audience votes
Key crew
- Gordon HesslerDirector
- Christopher WickingWriter
- Henry SlesarWriter
- Waldo de los RíosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jason RobardsCesar Charron
- Herbert LomRene Marot
- Christine KaufmannMadeleine Charron
- Adolfo CeliInspector Vidocq
- Maria PerschyGenevre
- Michael DunnPierre Triboulet
- Lilli PalmerMrs. Charron
- Peter ArneAubert
- Rosalind ElliotGabrielle
- Marshall JonesLuigi Orsini
- María MartínMadam Adolphe
- Ruth PlattesOrsini's Assistant
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Themes
prostituteparis, franceenglandpsychopathhaunted housephantomhypnosisburied alivemurderdecapitationwhodunitgrand guignol