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Directed by | Ernest Morris |
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Based on | The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Derek Parsons |
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Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Tell-Tale Heart (also known as The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors) is a 1960 British second feature ('B')[1] horror film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri and Dermot Walsh. It was produced by the Danzigers.[2] The screenplay by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard is a loose adaptation of the 1843 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe.[3][4] The film was released in England in December 1960, and in the U.S. in February 1962 as The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors.[5][6][7]