The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
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Synopsis of The Mystery of Marie Roget
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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Mystery of Marie Roget
- Patric Knowles - Dr. Paul Dupin
- Maria Ouspenskaya - Mme. Cecile Roget
- Edward Norris - Marcel Vignon
- Nell O'Day - Camille Roget
- Clyde Fillmore - Mons. De Luc
- Norma Drury - Mme. De Luc
- Paul Bryar - Detective
- Reed Hadley - Naval Officer
- Jimmie Lucas - Parisian
- Charles Wagenheim
- Alphonse Martell - Vegetable Cart Driver
- Lester Dorr - Subordinates to Prefect
- Beatrice Roberts - Wife on Street
- Joe Bernard
- Maria Montez - Marie Roget
- John Litel - Henri Beauvais
- Lloyd Corrigan - Gobelin, the Prefect of Police
- Frank Reicher - Magistrate
- Paul E. Burns - Gardener
- John Maxwell - Detective
- Charles B. Middleton - Curator of the Zoo
- Raymond Bailey - Gendarme
- Frank O'Connor - Man
- Francis Sayles
- Paul Dubov - Pierre, the News Vendor
- William H. Ruhl
- Caroline Cooke - Woman
- Director(s):
- Phil Rosen
- Writer(s):
- Michel Jacoby
- Producer(s):
- Paul Malvern
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