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title: 'Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Del Ruth'
released: '1954-02-24'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/phantom-of-the-rue-morgue-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

1954 · 83 min · Horror, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 American mystery horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina and Steve Forrest. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Del Ruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-del-ruth)
- **Screenplay:** [James R. Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-r-webb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Buttolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-buttolph)
- **Producer:** [Henry Blanke](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-blanke)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [James Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-moore)

## Cast

- [Fred Kelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kelsey)
- [Rico Alaniz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rico-alaniz)
- [Paul Brinegar](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-brinegar)
- [Tito Vuolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tito-vuolo)
- [Erin O'Brien-Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/erin-o-brien-moore)
- [Virginia Brissac](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-brissac)
- [Rolfe Sedan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-sedan)
- [Blossom Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/blossom-rock)
- [Charles Gemora](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-gemora)
- [George J. Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-lewis)
- [Steve Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-forrest)
- [Claude Dauphin](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-dauphin)
- [Karl Malden](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-malden)
- [Anthony Caruso](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-caruso)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)

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