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phantom of the rue morgue (1954)

"There isn't anything human with a reach that wide!"
Several women are murdered in Paris, and the police have no suspect, until they accuse Rene the knife thrower (Paul Richards), after his assistant is killed. But he's proved innocent so the police turn their attention to Professor Dupin (Steve Forrest), who decides to prove his innocence and that the killer may be something altogether stronger and more agile than a man could ever be. Enter Dr. Marais (Karl Malden) the head of the Paris zoo, to give his opinion that a beast of some kind may be involved.
The wonderful use of colour brings a touch of lightness to this rather limp tale, that was originally shot and shown in 3-d, and features some suitably in your face direction.

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