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Phantom of the Rue Morgue ()

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When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
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Dr. Marais
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Insp. Bonnard
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Jeanette
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Prof. Paul Dupin
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Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
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Jacques the One-Eyed
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Arlette
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Camille
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Georges Brevert
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Rene the Knife-Thrower
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LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
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Wardrobe Woman
The Flying Zacchinis ...
Acrobatic Act
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abdullah Abbas ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Gendarme (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Monya Andre ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Vendor (uncredited)
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Circus Manager (uncredited)
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Concierge (uncredited)
Herman Belmonte ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
Joan Blair ...
Lodger (uncredited)
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Marie (uncredited)
Nan Boardman ...
Camille's Mother (uncredited)
Nina Borget ...
Tenant (uncredited)
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Sailor (uncredited)
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Angry Accuser in Street (uncredited)
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Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
Buck Bucko ...
Murder Scene Spectator (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Well-Dressed Man in Coach (uncredited)
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Detective Mignaud (uncredited)
Chuck Couch ...
Trampoline Artist (uncredited)
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Gendarme Arnot (uncredited)
Paul Cristo ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Jane Crowley ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Man Who Finds Knife (uncredited)
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Concierge's Wife (uncredited)
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Spectator (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Joe Evans ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Sultan the Gorilla (uncredited)
John Gifford ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Dolores Graham ...
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
Don Graham ...
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
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Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
Tom Hernández ...
Gendarme Lara (uncredited)
Mary Lou Holloway ...
Girl (uncredited)
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Sailor #1 (uncredited)
Robert Hunter ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
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Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Henry Kulky ...
Maurice - Sailor (uncredited)
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Gendarme Chavet (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Gendarme Duval (uncredited)
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Coachman (uncredited)
John Marlin ...
Ape (uncredited)
Louis Merrill ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Animal Keeper (uncredited)
Carl Milletaire ...
Artist (uncredited)
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Concierge (uncredited)
George Nardelli ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
Anton Northpole ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
John Parrish ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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Gendarme Dumas (uncredited)
Paul Ravel ...
Vendor (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
Sam Savitsky ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Lamplighter (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
James Stone ...
Tenant (uncredited)
Ruth Swanson ...
Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)
Jack Tesler ...
Coachman (uncredited)
Nick Thompson ...
Man (uncredited)
Louis Tomei ...
Albert (uncredited) (voice)
Arthur Tovey ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Pignatelli - Tenant (uncredited)
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Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Wise ...
Barfly (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roy Del Ruth

Written by

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Edgar Allan Poe ... (from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue")
 
Harold Medford ... (screen play by) and
James R. Webb ... (screen play by)

Produced by

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Henry Blanke ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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David Buttolph

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J. Peverell Marley ... director of photography

Editing by

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James Moore

Art Direction by

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Bertram Tuttle

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William L. Kuehl ... (as William Kuehl)

Makeup Department

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Gordon Bau ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Frank Mattison ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Stanley Jones ... sound
Walter Feldman ... sound editor (uncredited)
Dale Pickett ... sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Chuck Couch ... stunts (uncredited)
Charles Horvath ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Moss Mabry ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (as Maurice de Packh)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Taglines It Mauls...It Rips...It Vanishes! A Mammoth Monstrous-Man-or-Creature Rising Out of the Depths Beneath the City! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Fantôme de la rue Morgue (France)
  • El fantasma de la calle Morgue (Spain)
  • Τα εγκλήματα της οδού Μοργκ (Greece)
  • Призрак улицы Морг (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • 謎のモルグ街 (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 83 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia This was the final film made under Merv Griffin's contract with Warner Brothers. His salary never rose above the relatively paltry sum of $250 a week, and when Phantom tanked, Griffin abandoned his hopes of ever being a leading man in the movies, concentrating instead on succeeding in television. See more »
Goofs Although set in turn-of-the-century Paris, there's a scene in the movie, when the police inspector and Paul Dupin visit the fair to watch the acrobats at work, where you can see the famous Warner Studios water tower in the background for a brief moment. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) (1980). See more »
Soundtracks Auprès de ma blonde ('Le Prisonnier de Hollande') See more »
Quotes Dr. Marais: These days inspector everything is Freud or it is nothing, Freud and the libido, anything new, especialy from zoologists like myself...
Prof. Paul Dupin: ...At least has a reception here. Dr. Marais maintains that in all forms of life, from the micro to man, the killer instinct lies latent.
Dr. Marais: Held in check for most of us, but for others igniting under certain hatred, or passion, or a crowning frustration, or a total collapse of one's beliefs...
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