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Play Sound But how does he do it, Inspector? - Do what, Aubert? - Get buried alive. Practice. He has done the trick for 15 years. Once he did it for Monsieur Charron. But you wanted to speak to Orsini. Obviously, we arrived too late. Now we'll have to wait, Aubert... three whole days.
But how does he do it, Inspector? - Do what, Aubert? - Get buried alive. Practice. He has done the trick for 15 years. Once he did it for Monsieur Charron. But you wanted to speak to Orsini. Obviously, we arrived too late. Now we'll have to wait, Aubert... three whole days.

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Description: Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Cast:
Cesar Charron: Jason Robards
Rene Marot: Herbert Lom
Madeleine Charron: Christine Kaufmann
Inspector Vidocq: Adolfo Celi
Genevre: Maria Perschy
Pierre Triboulet: Michael Dunn
Mrs. Charron: Lilli Palmer
Aubert: Peter Arne
Gabrielle: Rosalind Elliot
Luigi Orsini: Marshall Jones
Madam Adolphe: María Martín
Orsini's Assistant: Xan das Bolas
Member of Repertory Company: Werner Umberg
Nurse: Brooke Adams
Hunchback: José Calvo
Young Madeleine: Inma de Santis
Cowardly Coachman: Víctor Israel
Doctor: Emile Stemmler

Written by: Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Wicking, Henry Slesar

Director: Gordon Hessler

Production: American International Pictures

Release date: 21 Jul 1971