Category:Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)
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English: Murders in the Rue Morgue ( 1932) is a Universal Pictures pre-Code horror film loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Bela Lugosi, one year after his legendary performance as Dracula, portrays a lunatic scientist who abducts women (one a prostitute played by Arlene Francis) and injects them with fresh blood from his vicious caged ape. The atmospheric cinematography by Karl Freund has been singled out by critics as superb, along with Robert Florey's direction. Thanks to Freund and Florey, the film has the look and feel of German expressionist films of the 1920s. However, some strongly violent scenes apparently prompted Universal executives to cut the film back to 61 minutes from what was originally an 80-minute running time.
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Media in category "Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)"
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Apollo Theater ad - 10 February 1932, Indianapolis, IN.png 924 × 1,421; 1,021 KB
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1931 ad sheet).jpg 1,289 × 1,706; 882 KB
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 poster).jpg 1,029 × 1,578; 550 KB
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 window card).jpg 1,868 × 2,937; 1.9 MB
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Murders in the Rue Morgue ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1932 (page 445 crop).jpg 3,061 × 4,009; 1.46 MB