Genre: Mystery
Release Date: 02/08/2005
Sound: DD5.0
Run Time: 92 min
Flags: Violence, Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Platinum Disc

Edgar Allan Poe's classic 1841 detective story Murders in the Rue Morgue was adapted for television by David Epstein. Two women--a mother and a daughter--are brutally killed in their tiny Paris apartment. There are no eyewitnesses, and the earwitnesses are wildly contradictory. The evidence points to a man of superhuman strength: perhaps it was the girl's jealous fiance. Enter consulting detective C. Auguste Dupin (George C. Scott), who with a methodical application of logic solves the mystery. The younger of the two unfortunate ladies was played by Rebecca De Mornay, still in her ingenue phase. Murders in the Rue Morgue was originally telecast December 7, 1986.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Ian McShane|Neil Dickson|Rebecca De Mornay|Val Kilmer|George C. Scott