Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Plot

In 1870s France, a string of strange murders occur on the Rue Morgue, a fictional street in Paris. The authorities are baffled, but they do know of one man who may have the answers - a professor named Dupin.

Dupin agrees to help the police. Soon a list of suspects is established. The roster includes a one-eyed sailor named Jacques. But there is also Professor Marais, who is involved in bizarre and unauthorized animal experiments.

Cast

• Karl Malden as Dr. Marais
• Claude Dauphin as Insp. Bonnard
• Patricia Medina as Jeanette
• Steve Forrest as Prof. Paul Dupin
• Allyn Ann McLerie as Yvonne
• Anthony Caruso as Jacques the One-Eyed
• Veola Vonn as Arlette
• Dolores Dorn as Camille
• Merv Griffin as Georges Brevert
• Paul Richards as Rene the Knife-thrower
• Rolfe Sedan as LeBon
• Erin O'Brien-Moore as Wardrobe Woman
• Charles Gemora as Sultan, The Gorilla
• The Flying Zacchinis as Themselves
• Tito Vuolo as Pignatelli
• Marie Blake as Marie
• Henry Kulky as Maurice, Sailor
• Leonard Penn as Gendarme Dumas
• Frank Lackteen as Gendarme Chavet
• George J. Lewis as Gendarme Duval
• Rico Alaniz as Gendarme
• Belle Mitchell as Concierge
• Creighton Hale as Concierge's Husband

References

Bibliography

• Aitken, Stuart C. & Zonn, Leo E. Place, Power, Situation and Spectacle: A Geography of Film. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1994.
• Palmer, Barton R. Nineteenth-Century American Fiction on Screen. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

References

1. (January 5, 1955). "1954 Boxoffice Champs".
2. "Phantom of the Rue Morgue".
3. Palmer p.55
4. "Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) Articles".