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George C. Scott, Val Kilmer and Rebecca De Mornay in the Victorian Era
In Paris, a recently-retired detective (Scott) is encouraged by his daughter (De Mornay) to investigate a shocking double murder in order to save her fiancé. Kilmer plays his associate godson while Ian McShane is on hand as the Prefect.
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1986) is a fairly faithful adoption of Edgar Allan Poes tale, published in 1841. This is in contrast to the 1971 film of the same name (with Jason Robards and Herbert Lom), which totally deviated from the original yarn and is more akin to The Phantom of the Opera. Here, scriptwriter David Epstein wisely augmented Poes story to spice it up a little and make it worthy of a feature length movie, a...