# Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)

Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 film about a mad scientist who seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
    Directed by Robert Florey. Written by Robert Florey, based on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe.

## Dr. Mirakle

* Heresy? Do they still burn men for heresy? Then burn me monsieur, light the fire! Do you think your little candle will outshine the flame of truth?
* My life is consecrated to great experiment. I tell you I will prove your kinship with the ape. Eric's blood will be mixed with the blood of man!

## Dialogue

    Prefect of Police: [interviewing the first witness] So, your name is Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont?
    Landlord: Yes, sir.
    Prefect of Police: Why did you not investigate when you heard the first scream?
    Landlord: I... I was afraid.
    Prefect of Police: Stupid, incredibly stupid.
    [the next person approaches the Prefect, talking German]
    Franz Odenheimer: Habe die Ehre, Herr Prefekt. [It's my honor, Mr. Prefect.]
    Prefect of Police: What is your name and business?
    Franz Odenheimer: I am Franz Odenheimer. I own a restaurant.
    Prefect of Police: Odenheimer, in your own way, tell us what happened.
    Franz Odenheimer: You see, I was just going to bed. Then suddenly, I heard a scream. Right away, I ran across the street. And I was one of the first ones to enter this room. On the way upstairs, I heard a voice. And that voice was speaking Italian.
    Prefect of Police: [doubting his accuracy] Do you speak Italian?
    Franz Odenheimer: No.
    Prefect of Police: Were you ever in Italy?
    Franz Odenheimer: No.
    Prefect of Police: How do you know it was Italian?
    Franz Odenheimer: Because I am sure it was Italian.
    Prefect of Police: [unconvinced] Ah. Danke schön. [Thank you.] [calls on next person] Alberto Montani. What do you know of this affair?
    Alberto Montani: Well, I also heard the voice. But it was not Italian. I am Italian. I speak Italian. [says something in Italian, then continues in English] When I ran up the stairs with the others, I heard the voice. It's not Italian, no. Definitely, it was Danish.
    Prefect of Police: Do you speak Danish?
    Alberto Montani: No.
    Prefect of Police: Were you ever in Denmark?
    Alberto Montani: No.
    Prefect of Police: How do you know it was Danish?
    Alberto Montani: My intuition.
    The Dane: [to Montani] It was not Danish! [to Prefect] I beg your pardon, Your Honor. I am a native of Denmark. Danish is my native tongue. I heard the voice, but it was not Danish. It was German.
    Franz Odenheimer: [upset, approaches the Prefect] Italian, not German.
    Alberto Montani: Danish.
    The Dane: German.
    Franz Odenheimer: [in German] Ich lege meine Hand ans Lügners Feuer das es keiner Deutscher war! [I put my hand on the Liar's Fire that it wasn't a German!]
    The Dane: [while Montani argues in Italian] I say it was German.
    Prefect of Police: [while all 3 argue loudly in their native languages] Silence!
    Franz Odenheimer: Italian.
    Alberto Montani: Danish.
    The Dane: German.
    Prefect of Police: Silence.

## Taglines

* Innocent Beauty - this was her wedding eve. On the wall a shadow . . the beast was at large grinning horribly-cruelly. What was Her Fate?
* A powerful cast that will guarantee entertainment!
* Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
* Edgar Allan Poe's dramatic story of the horrors of Paris.

## Cast

* Bela Lugosi — Dr. Mirakle
* Sidney Fox — Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye
* Leon Ames — Pierre Dupin
* Bert Roach — Paul
* Betty Ross Clarke — Camille's mother
* Brandon Hurst — Prefect of Police
* D'Arcy Corrigan — Morgue Keeper
* Noble Johnson — Janos
* Arlene Francis — Streetwalker (a prostitute)
* Charles Gemora — the sideshow ape Erik
* Torben Meyer — The Dane
* Agostino Montani — Alberto Montani
* Herman Bing — Franz Odenheimer

## External links

* Murders in the Rue Morgue quotes at the Internet Movie Database