A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.
Paul E. Burns
- Gardener
- (as Paul Burns)
William Ruhl
- Detective
- (as Bill Ruhl)
Raymond Bailey
- Gendarme
- (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
- Man
- (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Caroline Frances Cooke
- Woman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe original Edgar Allan Poe story is based on the real-life murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, who was found floating in the Hudson River near Weehawken, NJ. Poe transplanted the events to Paris and placed the case in the hands of amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin. In a weird twist, Poe's ultimate conclusion as to the circumstances of the crime were proved correct when the murderers confessed well after "The Mystery of Marie Roget" was published.
- Quotes
M. Henri Beauvais: Dupin? You had something to do with those murders in the Rue Morgue didn't you?
Prefect Gobelin: Something to do? Monsieur, Dr. Dupin practicaly solved those murders single handed.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Kim Newman on Arabian Nights (2023)
- SoundtracksMama Dit Moi
(uncredited)
Written by Everett Carter & Milton Rosen
Sung by Dorothy Triden, dubbing Maria Montez
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Dupin is back...and his sidekick is an idiot!
"Mystery of Marie Roget" is a sub-par B-movie from Universal. While the story purports to be from the Edgar Allan Poe story, it's really very different.
When the film begins, Marie has been reported missing and the police have so far found nothing. They do eventually find a corpse that MIGHT be her...but her face is missing. When they tell her family that they've found her, she then walks in the house...so the corpse obviously was NOT her. However, eventually Marie really is murdered and it's up to Poe's Dupin character (Patric Knowles) to solve the murder. As for Dupin, he's a know-it-all who acts a lot like the movie version of Sherlock Holmes and has a partner (Lloyd Corrigan) who is even stupider and more useless than the movie version of Watson. In fact, he's such a bumbling moron that it totally ruins the movie...as does Dupin's bizarre manner in which he investigates. Overall, just a silly and inconsequential B murder mystery--complete with all the usual clichés and plot problems. A time-passer at best...but you could easily do better.
When the film begins, Marie has been reported missing and the police have so far found nothing. They do eventually find a corpse that MIGHT be her...but her face is missing. When they tell her family that they've found her, she then walks in the house...so the corpse obviously was NOT her. However, eventually Marie really is murdered and it's up to Poe's Dupin character (Patric Knowles) to solve the murder. As for Dupin, he's a know-it-all who acts a lot like the movie version of Sherlock Holmes and has a partner (Lloyd Corrigan) who is even stupider and more useless than the movie version of Watson. In fact, he's such a bumbling moron that it totally ruins the movie...as does Dupin's bizarre manner in which he investigates. Overall, just a silly and inconsequential B murder mystery--complete with all the usual clichés and plot problems. A time-passer at best...but you could easily do better.
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By what name was Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) officially released in India in English?
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