---
title: 'The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernest Morris'
released: '1960-12-01'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tell-tale-heart-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056565/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)

1960 · 78 min · Horror · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1960 British second feature ('B') horror film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri and Dermot Walsh. It was produced by the Danzigers. The screenplay by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard is a loose adaptation of the 1843 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. The film was released in England in December 1960, and in the U.S. in February 1962 as The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernest Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-morris)
- **Screenplay:** [Brian Clemens](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-clemens), [Eldon Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/eldon-howard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tony Crombie](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-crombie)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wilson)
- **Editor:** [Derek Parsons](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-parsons)

## Cast

- [Laurence Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-payne)
- [Adrienne Corri](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-corri)
- [Annette Carell](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-carell)
- [Yvonne Buckingham](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-buckingham)
- [Dermot Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/dermot-walsh)
- [Selma Vaz Dias](https://cinepixo.com/people/selma-vaz-dias)

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