The Murders in The Rue Morgue - Adaptations

Adaptations

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" has been adapted for radio, film and television many times.

• The first film adaptation was a short silent film made in 1917. .

• The first full-length version was Murders in the Rue Morgue by Universal Pictures in 1932, directed by Robert Florey and starring Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames, and Sidney Fox, with Arlene Francis. The film bears little resemblance to the original story.

• Another adaptation, Phantom of the Rue Morgue, was released in 1954 by Warner Brothers, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden and Patricia Medina.

• A TV movie made by Syndicated in 1968 The Murders in the Rue de Morgue is an adaptation by James MacTaggart, starring Walter Horsbrugh, Charles Kay and Dennis Edwards.

• A film in 1971 directed by Gordon Hessler with the title Murders in the Rue Morgue had little to do with the Poe story.

• On January 7, 1975, a radio-play version was broadcast on CBS Radio Mystery Theater. A made-for-TV movie, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, aired in 1986. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starred George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane, and Val Kilmer. It has also been adapted as a video game by Big Fish Games for their "Dark Tales" franchise under the title "Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue".

• Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Gold Bug (1973), a simplified version by Robert James Dixson, was published by Regents Pub. Co.

• The British heavy metal band Iron Maiden has a song called Murders in Rue Morgue, based on the story.

• Morgue Street (2012) is a short film directed by Alberto Viavattene starring Federica Tommasi and Désirée Giorgetti.