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How can you stop what you don't understand?

Overview

A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Top Billed Cast

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    George C. Scott

    Auguste Dupin

  2. Cast 1

    Rebecca De Mornay

    Claire Dupin

  3. Cast 1

    Ian McShane

    Prefet de police

  4. Cast 1

    Neil Dickson

    Adolphe Le Bon

  5. Cast 1

    Val Kilmer

    Philippe Huron

  6. Cast 1

    Maud Rayer

    Melle L'Espanaye

  7. Cast 1

    Maxence Mailfort

    Inspecteur Alphonse

  8. Cast 1

    Fernand Guiot

    Dupar

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    Patrick Floersheim

    Le marin

**_George C. Scott, Val Kilmer and Rebecca De Mornay in the Victorian Era_** In Paris, a recently-retired detective (Scott) is encouraged by his daughter (De Mornay) to investigate a shocking double murder in order to save her fiancé. Kilmer plays his associate godson while Ian McShane is on hand as the Prefect. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1986) is a fairly faithful adoption of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale, published in 1841. This is in contrast to the 1971 film of the same name (with Jason Robards and Herbert Lom), which totally deviated from the original yarn and is more akin to “The Ph...

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