Phantom of the Rue Morgue

When 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.

Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 mystery crime movie directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Karl Malden, Steve Forrest, Claude Dauphin. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.9/10 from 1,257 votes and runs 1h 23m.