Le Mystère de Marie Roget

Original title: Mystery of Marie Roget

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Patric Knowles and Maria Montez in Le Mystère de Marie Roget (1942)

A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.

Director
- Phil Rosen
Writers
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Michael Jacoby
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5.9/10

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Director
- Phil Rosen
Writers
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Michael Jacoby
Stars

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Maria Montez

Marie Roget

Patric Knowles

Dr. Pierre Dupin

Maria Ouspenskaya

Mme. Cecile Roget

John Litel

Henri Beauvais

Edward Norris

Marcel Vigneaux

Lloyd Corrigan

Inspector Gobelin

Nell O'Day

Camille Roget

Frank Reicher

Magistrate

Clyde Fillmore

Mons. De Luc

Paul E. Burns

Gardener
(as Paul Burns)

Norma Drury

Madame De Luc

Charles Middleton

Curator

William Ruhl

Detective
(as Bill Ruhl)

Reed Hadley

Naval Officer

Raymond Bailey

Gendarme
(uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Man
(uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Detective
(uncredited)

Caroline Frances Cooke

Woman
(uncredited)

Director
- Phil Rosen
Writers
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Michael Jacoby
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Trivia
The original Edgar Allan Poe story is based on the real-life murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, who was found floating in the Hudson River near Weehawken, NJ. Poe transplanted the events to Paris and placed the case in the hands of amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin. In a weird twist, Poe's ultimate conclusion as to the circumstances of the crime were proved correct when the murderers confessed well after "The Mystery of Marie Roget" was published.

Quotes
M. Henri Beauvais: Dupin? You had something to do with those murders in the Rue Morgue didn't you?
Prefect Gobelin: Something to do? Monsieur, Dr. Dupin practicaly solved those murders single handed.

Connections
Referenced in Kim Newman on Arabian Nights (2023)

Soundtracks
Mama Dit Moi
(uncredited)
Written by Everett Carter & Milton Rosen
Sung by Dorothy Triden, dubbing Maria Montez

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Featured review

5/10

Elementary, My Dear Prefect

Maria Montez is Marie Roget. She vanishes, then reappears, then vanishes again. Some people think she will reappear again, but not police chemist Patric Knowles, who wanders around annoying police prefect Lloyd Corrigan, because he's always right.

Poe's short story was based on a real murder in New York, which he moved to Paris and actually figured out. Nothing loath, the folks at Universal kept the title, Dupin's last name, and little else. Instead, Knowles plays Dupin as a variant of Holmes, but much more annoying because he saunters. Corrigan is intended to be his Watson. A key clue is kept out of the audience's sight until after everything is solved. With Maria Ouspenskaya, John Litel, Edward Norris, and Nell O'Day.