The Tell-Tale Heart
1960
From the Terrifying Pages of Edgar Allan Poe!
Directed by Ernest Morris
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Ernest Morris
- Written by
- Brian Clemens, Eldon Howard
- Cinematographer
- James Wilson
- Editor
- Derek Parsons
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors, The Horror Man
- TMDB
- 6.1/10 (20 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.8/10 (580 votes)
Cast
Laurence Payne
Edgar Marsh
Adrienne Corri
Betty Clare
Dermot Walsh
Carl Loomis
Selma Vaz Dias
Mrs. Vine
John Scott
Police Inspector
John Martin
Police Sergeant
Annette Carell
Mrs. Fowler, Betty's Landlady
Rosemary Rotheray
Jackie
Suzanne Fuller
Dorothy
Yvonne Buckingham
Mina
David Courtney
Bit Part
Richard Bennett
Mike
Joan Peart
Street Girl
Elizabeth Paget
Elsie
Nade Beall
Old Crone
Pamela Plant
Manageress
Graham Ashley
Neston
David Lander
Jeweller
Crew
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