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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Original title)Fright Nights (Help search title)
Date: 07 December 1986 (Television)

Country: USA

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Synopsis: TV film based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe about the murders of two women in Paris in the latter half of the 19th century. Detective Auguste Dupin comes out of retirement, in spite of the hostility of the Prefect of Police, to solve the mystery of the killings.

Genre:
Thriller
TV Transmissions
Date: 07 December 1986Country: USATransmission time: 21:00 - Colour
Date: 15 October 1988Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:20Network
Date: October 1994Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United Kingdom
Date: 21 September 1998Broadcast company: Channel 5Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:55-00:45Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Date: 24 November 1999Broadcast company: Channel 5Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:15-23:55Slot duration: 100 minsNetwork

Credits (5)
Production Company: Inc Robert Halmi, Production Company: International Film Productions, Adaptation: David Epstein, Author of the Original Work: Edgar Allan Poe
Cast (6)
George C. Scott (Auguste Dupin), Rebecca De Mornay (Claire Dupin), Ian McShane (Prefect of Police), Neil Dickson (Adolphe Le Bon), Val Kilmer (Philippe Huron), Maud Rayer (Mlle. L'Espanaye)