starring
George C. Scott
Rebecca De Momay
Ian McShane Paris 1899. The quiet of the still, misty night is pierced by a series of blood-curdling screams coming from the direction of an old building on the corner of the Rue Morgue. Inside is a scene of gory devastation and a disturbing enigma for Inspector August Dupin, France's finest detective. Who - or what - is responsible and how did the killer escape from a room locked from the inside?
Thus begins a chilling story from Edgar Allan Poe.
Screenplay by DAVID EPSTEIN Produced by ROBERT HALMI
Directed by JEANNOT SZWARC
(First showing on British television) 0 FILMS: page 31
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