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The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

19537.30h 8m

Overview

A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

Directed by Ted Parmelee
Written by Bill Scott, Edgar Allan Poe, Fred Grable
Produced by Stephen Bosustow
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Top Cast

James Mason

James Mason

Narrator

Themes & Keywords

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About The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart is a animation, horror, crime film released in 1953 exploring themes of tale, murder, madman, short film. Directed by Ted Parmelee, it stars James Mason. A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

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