DVD 92 mins IMDB
NR (Not Rated)
Murders In The Rue Morgue
Platinum (1934)
In Collection
#306

Seen It:
Yes
Horror, Crime, Mystery
USA  /  English

Bela Lugosi Dr. Mirakle
Sidney Fox Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye
Leon Ames Pierre Dupin
Bert Roach Paul
Betty Ross Clarke Mme. L'Espanaye
Brandon Hurst Prefect of Police
D'Arcy Corrigan Morgue Keeper
Noble Johnson Janos The Black One
Arlene Francis Woman of the Streets
Ted Billings Man
Herman Bing Franz Odenheimer
Agostino Borgato Alberto Montani
Christian J. Frank Gendarme Using Snuff
Charles Gemora Erik
Hamilton Green Sideshow Barker

Director Edgar G. Ulmer; Arthur Lubin
Producer Gordon Hessler; Louis M. Heyward
Writer Tim Kelly; Robert Florey
Cinematography Karl Freund

The work of Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi) is never done in Paris of 1845. Working out of a carnival, he has higher ambitions. He must try to find a compatible woman to be the bride of his pet ape. Kidnapping young women who are street walkers (Arlene Francis) proves to be his undoing. Injected with ape blood, they are simply unable to mate with his simian. With his bizarre, apparently albino assistant, Janos (Noble Johnson), Mirakle begins to fill the morgue with bodies of experimental failures. When he settles on Camille (Sidney Fox), she has the protection of her medical student boyfriend Pierre (Leon Waycof, aka Leon Ames), but Mirakle’s ape becomes obsessed with the beautiful girl and wants to share his ape glands with her.

Edition Details
Barcode 096009257996
Region Region 1
Release Date 3/15/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Side A Features: A Devilish Tale of Poe Featurette Original Theatrical Trailer Side B Features: Stage Tricks and Screen Frights Featurette Original Theatrical Trailer