Phantom of the Rue Morgue | |
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Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
Screenplay by | Harold Medford James R. Webb |
Based on | The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe |
Produced by | Henry Blanke |
Starring | Karl Malden Claude Dauphin Patricia Medina |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | James Moore |
Music by | David Buttolph |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,450,000 (US) [1] |
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