| The Tell-Tale Heart | |
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Written by | Doane R. Hoag |
| Based on | The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Starring | Joseph Schildkraut Roman Bohnen |
| Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Music by | Sol Kaplan |
| Distributed by | MGM |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1941 American drama film, 20 minutes long, directed by Jules Dassin. The screenplay by Doane R. Hoag is based on the 1843 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe.
The film marked Dassin's directorial debut after working as an assistant to Alfred Hitchcock and Garson Kanin.[1] It is typical of the short film adaptations of literary classics studios produced to precede the feature film during the 1930s and 1940s.[2]