The Tell-Tale Heart

Name: The Tell-Tale Heart
Genre: Crime, Horror
Released: 1941
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 6.6

1941 · 20 min

Crime · Horror

★ 6.6

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A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

Crew

Director Jules Dassin
Screenplay Doane R. Hoag
Director of Photography Paul Vogel

Cast

Joseph Schildkraut
Young Man
Roman Bohnen
Old Man
Oscar O'Shea
First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Will Wright
Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Jules Dassin
Screenplay — Doane R. Hoag
Director of Photography — Paul Vogel

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