The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart (1934)

THE TWILIGHT OF A BRILLIANT MIND - The DECLINE OF REASON INTO RAVING HOMICIDAL INSANITY

A young man is driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man who cares for him.

Date of release
1934-03-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
55m
Genres
Horror
Director
Brian Desmond Hurst

Casting

Interesting facts

The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1934 British drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Norman Dryden, John Kelt and Yolande Terrell. The screenplay by David Plunkett Greene is based on the 1843 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. It is the earliest known "talkie" film adaptation of the story.

Production

Produced by Clifton-Hurst Productions (with Harry Clifton as the listed producer), it was filmed at the Blattner Studios in Elstree. The film was considered so gruesome that it was withdrawn from some cinemas in the UK. The cast was mostly amateur (John Kelt had appeared in several silent films) and the dialogue is so sparse that Hurst recalled when interviewed: "At the big Elstree studios nearby they said 'There's a fellow over at Blattner's stu…

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