The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poeliterary work· published 1841
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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.
Adaptations (5)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue has been adapted 5 times, across film and television film, from 1908 to 1986.
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery1908 · film · IMDb ↗IMDb4.0Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just about to be convicted. Can Sherlock Holmes free him in time? (Moving Picture World)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue1954 · film · 83 min · dir. Roy Del Ruth · IMDb ↗IMDb5.9When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Murders in the Rue Morgue1971 · film · 87 min · dir. Gordon Hessler · IMDb ↗IMDb5.279%In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.
