Directed by Roy Del Ruth   Written by Edgar Allan Poe   Harold Medford   James R. Webb   Cast Karl Malden ... Dr. Marais Claude Dauphin ... Insp. Bonnard Patricia Medina ... Jeanette Steve Forrest ... Prof. Paul Dupin Allyn Ann McLerie ... Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie) Anthony Caruso ... Jacques the One-Eyed Veola Vonn ... Arlette Dolores Dorn ... Camille Merv Griffin ... Georges Brevert Paul Richards ... Rene the Knife-thrower Rolfe Sedan ... LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan) Erin O'Brien-Moore ... Wardrobe Woman The Flying Zacchinis ... Acrobatic Act Uncredited Cast Abdullah Abbas ... Show Spectator Rico Alaniz ... Gendarme Fred Aldrich ... Barfly Monya Andre ... Show Spectator Richard Avonde ... Vendor Baynes Barron ... Circus Manager Max Barwyn ... Concierge Herman Belmonte ... Gendarme Joan Blair ... Lodger Marie Blake ... Marie Nan Boardman ... Camille's Mother Nina Borget ... Tenant Chet Brandenburg ... Sailor Paul Brinegar ... Angry Accuser in Street Virginia Brissac ... Well-Dressed Woman in Coach Buck Bucko ... Murder Scene Spectator Gordon Carveth ... Barfly Charles Cirillo ... Waiter Edward Colmans ... Well-Dressed Man in Coach Henry Corden ... Detective Mignaud Chuck Couch ... Trampoline Artist Walter Coy ... Gendarme Arnot Paul Cristo ... Show Spectator Jane Crowley ... Barfly George Davis ... Man Who Finds Knife Helen Dickson ... Concierge's Wife Claire Du Brey ... Spectator Billy Engle ... Barfly Joe Evans ... Waiter Raoul Freeman ... Gendarme Charles Gemora ... Sultan, The Gorilla John Gifford ... Gendarme Joe Gilbert ... Show Spectator Dolores Graham ... Apache Dancer Don Graham ... Apache Dancer Creighton Hale ... Concierge's Husband Sam Harris ... Show Spectator Tom Hernández ... Gendarme Lara Mary Lou Holloway ... Girl Charles Horvath ... Sailor #1 Robert Hunter ... Gendarme Fred Kelsey ... Crowd Spectator Jack Kenny ... Crowd Spectator Henry Kulky ... Maurice - Sailor Frank Lackteen ... Gendarme Chavet Carl M. Leviness ... Show Spectator George J. Lewis ... Gendarme Duval Hank Mann ... Coachman John Marlin ... Ape Louis Merrill ... Pedestrian John Merton ... Animal Keeper Carl Milletaire ... Artist Belle Mitchell ... Concierge George Nardelli ... Gendarme Anton Northpole ... Barfly Artie Ortego ... Barfly John Parrish ... Bartender Leonard Penn ... Gendarme Dumas Paul Ravel ... Vendor Edna Ryan ... Dancer Sam Savitsky ... Show Spectator George Selk ... Lamplighter Allen D. Sewall ... Pedestrian Bert Stevens ... Show Spectator James Stone ... Tenant Ruth Swanson ... Middle-Aged Woman Jack Tesler ... Coachman Nick Thompson ... Man Louis Tomei ... Albert (voice) Arthur Tovey ... Show Spectator Tito Vuolo ... Pignatelli - Tenant Tom Wilson ... Crowd Spectator Jack Wise ... Barfly Produced by Henry Blanke   Original Music by David Buttolph

Additional Info Premiere: March 19, 1954 Theatrical Release: March 27, 1954 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. Distributors Warner Bros.   (1954) (United States) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (1994) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1995) (United States) (pan and scan) (for Warner Hits) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #8,712 / 21,103 Site Ranking #8,707 The Severed Arm (1973) #8,709 The Phantom Creeps (1939) #8,710 Rape Zombie: Lust Of The Dead (2012) #8,711 Abominable (2020) #8,712 Phantom Of The Rue Morgue (1954) #8,713 Pooka Lives! (2020) #8,714 WWF: WrestleMania VI (1990) #8,715 I Am Lisa (2020) #8,716 Death Do Us Part (2014)