Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Karl Malden and Claude Dauphin. It is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Warner Bros. released 3-D productions, the big budget The Charge at Feather River (1953). Following another western, The Moonlighter (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, the studio decided to try and repeat the success they had with House of Wax before the Phantom of the Rue Morgue. This version was based on a story that also formed the basis of a previous horror film from the early 1930s, Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi.