If you read the Poe story that inspired this, there's not much suspense here. Roy Del Ruth's competent direction offers little help. Some beautiful actresses in Gay Paree are entertaining and some good actors who got very little screen time in the 1950s make sure this is not a complete waste. Karl Malden gets the mad scientist job and Patricia Medina is the main damsel in distress. Still, rather than spend another 83 minutes watching this show again, examining Emmanuel Fremiet's sculpture would be more fun.
Review of Phantom of the Rue Morgue
