87 minutes
7/21/1971
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.
Jason Robards
as Cesar Charron
Herbert Lom
as Rene Marot
Christine Kaufmann
as Madeleine Charron
Adolfo Celi
as Inspector Vidocq
Maria Perschy
as Genevre
Michael Dunn
as Pierre Triboulet
Lilli Palmer
as Mrs. Charron
Peter Arne
as Aubert
Rosalind Elliot
as Gabrielle
Marshall Jones
as Luigi Orsini
María Martín
as Madam Adolphe
Ruth Plattes
as Orsini's Assistant
Rafael Hernández
as Member of Repertory Company
Pamela McInnes
as Member of Repertory Company
Sally Longley
as Member of Repertory Company
Luis Rivera
as Member of Repertory Company
Dean Selmier
as Member of Repertory Company
Virginia Stach
as Member of Repertory Company
Werner Umberg
as Member of Repertory Company
Xan das Bolas
as Orsini's Assistant
Brooke Adams
as Nurse (uncredited)
José Calvo
as Hunchback (uncredited)
Inma de Santis
as Young Madeleine (uncredited)
Víctor Israel
as Cowardly Coachman (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
as Doctor (uncredited)