"From the Terrifying Pages of Edgar Allan Poe!" 14 December 1960 Horror, Thriller 78 mins
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 as Edgar Marsh
Adrienne Corri as Betty Clare
Dermot Walsh as Carl Loomis
Selma Vaz Dias as Mrs. Vine
John Scott as Police Inspector
John Martin as Police Sergeant
Annette Carell as Mrs. Fowler, Betty's Landlady
Rosemary Rotheray as Jackie
Suzanne Fuller as Dorothy
Yvonne Buckingham as Mina
David Courtney as Bit Part
Richard Bennett as Mike
Joan Peart as Street Girl
Elizabeth Paget as Elsie
Nade Beall as Old Crone
Pamela Plant as Manageress
Brian Clemens Writer
Ernest Morris Director
Derek Parsons Editor
Eldon Howard Writer
Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
James Wilson Director of Photography
Peter Russell Art Direction
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United Kingdom 14 December 1960
United States 07 February 1962
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