The Tell-Tale Heart
5.9
“From the Terrifying Pages of Edgar Allan Poe!”
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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Laurence Payne
Edgar Marsh
Known for
The Trollenberg Terror
Vampire Circus
Adrienne Corri
Betty Clare
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Vampire Circus
Dermot Walsh
Carl Loomis
Known for
The Flesh and the Fiends
Selma Vaz Dias
Mrs. Vine
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
John Scott
Police Inspector
Also in
Passport to Canada
Tarnished Heroes
John Martin
Police Sergeant
Also in
Enter the Devil
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Annette Carell
Mrs. Fowler, Betty's Landlady
Known for
Our Mother's House
Rosemary Rotheray
Jackie
Also in
Design for Loving
So Evil, So Young
Suzanne Fuller
Dorothy
No other roles listed
Yvonne Buckingham
Mina
Known for
Sapphire
David Courtney
Bit Part
Also in
A Prize of Arms
Has Anybody Seen Phil?
Richard Bennett
Mike
Also in
Richard III
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Ernest Morris Director · Brian Clemens Writer Eldon Howard Writer
United States release February 7, 1962 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Danziger Productions Ltd.
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 14, 1960
Theatrical
United States · February 7, 1962
Theatrical
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