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6.1/10   23 votes
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Writers:
Michael Jacoby (writer)
Edgar Allan Poe (story)
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Release Date:
23 April 1942 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Beautiful beast! Maddening...with her soft caress! Murdering...with steel-clawed terror! more
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Marie Roget more (5 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Patric Knowles ... Dr. Paul Dupin
Maria Montez ... Marie Roget
Maria Ouspenskaya ... Madame Cecile Roget
John Litel ... M. Henri Beauvais
Edward Norris ... Marcel Vigneaux
Lloyd Corrigan ... Prefect Gobelin
Nell O'Day ... Camille Roget
Frank Reicher ... Magistrate
Clyde Fillmore ... Mons. De Luc
Paul E. Burns ... Gardener (as Paul Burns)
Norma Drury Boleslavsky ... Madame De Luc (as Norma Drury)
Charles Middleton ... Curator at the zoo
William Ruhl ... Detective (as Bill Ruhl)
Reed Hadley ... Naval Officer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Phantom of Paris
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Runtime:
61 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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The 1842 Poe story was a follow up to his earlier "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Writer Michael Jacoby ditched almost everything except the Paris setting and the title. He changed the detective's name to Paul Dupin and moved up the clock 47 years (to 1889) than the time set in the book. more

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7 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Marie Roget, 16 May 2006
Author: bassbert from United States

With all due respect to the last person who commented on this movie. I fear what the reviewer does not realize is that Marie Roget is a Poe story. In fact, Poe created the crime story. While I have not seen the movie, I feel it is important to point out that the reviewer claims the movie relies on the 'dumb cop can't figure it out, so he relies on the old smart detective to solve the crime plot' while not realizing that Poe not only created the plot, this main detective Dupin is the genesis of it. Yes, Dupin is the predecessor of Sherlock Holmes. I did notice that some changes were made in the character names, and I do not doubt that the movie is sub par. However, it is important to note that this story and the other two Poe crime stories ares what lead to the great noir films of the 40's

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