The Mystery of Marie Roget

Director: Phil Rosen Phil Rosen

Overview

The Mystery of Marie Roget is more faithful to its Edgar Allan Poe original than most Universal films of its ilk, even though the Poe story and the film aren't exactly twins. Based on the factual unsolved 1842 murder of one Mary Rogers, the film stars Maria Montez as the unfortunate heroine, a popular Parisian entertainer. No innocent young damsel, Marie Roget spends a great deal of her time plotting the demise of her younger sister Camille (Nell O'Day). Shortly afterward, Marie herself disappears, and before long the mutilated, unidentifiable corpse of a young woman turns up. It is up to master detecive Dupin (Patric Knowles) and his Dr. Watson-ish assistant Gobelin (Lloyd Corrigan) to piece all the clues together. The film's best moments belong to Maria Ouspenskaya as Maria's sardonic grandmother.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/17/2015
UPC:	0025192181283
Original Release:	1942
Source:	Universal Mod
Language:	English
Time:	1:01:00
Sales rank:	44,896

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Maria Montez	Marie Roget
Patric Knowles	Dr. Paul Dupin
Maria Ouspenskaya	Madame Cecile Roget
Lloyd Corrigan	Gobelin, the Prefect of Police
John Litel	Henri Beauvais
Nell O'Day	Camille Roget
Edward Norris	Marcel Vignon
Frank Reicher	Magistrate
Clyde Fillmore	Mons. De Luc
Norma Drury	Mme. De Luc
John Maxwell	Detective
William Ruhl	Detective,Actor
Paul Bryar	Detective
Charles Middleton	Curator of the Zoo,Curator of the Zoo
Paul E. Burns	Gardener
Reed Hadley	Naval Officer
Paul Dubov	Pierre, the News Vendor
Joe Bernard	Man
Frank O'Connor	Man
Raymond Bailey	Gendarme
Charles Wagenheim	Subordinates to Prefect
Lester Dorr	Subordinates to Prefect
Alphonse Martell	Vegetable Cart Driver
Francis Sayles	Parisian
Jimmie Lucas	Parisian
Beatrice Roberts	Wife on Street
Caroline Cooke	Woman
H.J. Salter	Composer

Technical Credits

Paul Malvern	Producer
Phil Rosen	Director