Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Theatrical poster.
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Written by	Edgar Allan Poe (story)
Screenplay by	Harold Medford James R. Webb
Based on	"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
Starring	Karl Malden Claude Dauphin Patricia Medina
Music by	David Buttolph
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	James Moore
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 27, 1954
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,450,000 (USA)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 feature film directed by Roy Del Ruth (known for directing The Terror) and starring Karl Malden and Claude Dauphin. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

Warner Bros. released 3D productions during the 1950s, including the big-budget The Charge at Feather River (1953). Following another western, The Moonlighter (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, the studio attempted to repeat the success they had with House of Wax the previous year. This movie was based the same story which had formed the basis of a 1932 horror film which stars Bela Lugosi.

In France in the 1870s, a string of strange murders happen in the Rue Morgue. The authorities are baffled, but they do have one man who may have the answers, Prof. Dupin.

When Dupin is approached by the police to help, he agrees. Soon a set of suspects are found, including a sailor named Jacques and a professor named Marais, who is involved in unauthorized (and bizarre) animal experiments.