Directed by Jeannot Szwarc   Written by Edgar Allan Poe   David Epstein   Cast George C. Scott ... Auguste Dupin Rebecca De Mornay ... Claire Dupin Ian McShane ... Prefect of Police Neil Dickson ... Adolphe Le Bon Val Kilmer ... Phillipe Huron Maud Rayer ... Melle L'Espanaye Maxence Mailfort ... Inspector Alphonse Fernand Guiot ... Dupar Patrick Floersheim ... The Sailor Roger Lumont ... Sergeant Marcel Erick Desmarestz ... Inspector Bec Yvette Petit ... Laundress Serge Ridoux ... Prison Guard Mak Wilson ... Ape, performed by Uncredited Cast Michel Modo ... Witness Sebastian Roché ... Henri Produced by David Epstein   Robert A. Halmi   Edward J. Pope   David L. Watters   Original Music by Charles Gross

Additional Info Premiere: December 07, 1986 DVD Release: February 08, 2005 Countries: Distributor: Echo Bridge Entertainment Websites: Production Companies International Film Productions S.A. Robert Halmi Distributors CBS   (1986) (United States) (TV) Vidmark Entertainment   (1986) (United States) (VHS) Evergreen Entertainment   (1997) (United States) (VHS) Echo Bridge Home Entertainment   (2005) (United States) Vidmark Entertainment   (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #8,384 / 21,074 Site Ranking #8,380 The Wicked Within (2015) #8,381 Don't Speak (2020) #8,382 Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012) #8,383 The Killer Eye (1999) #8,384 The Murders In The Rue Morgue (1986) #8,385 Children Of The Corn: Runaway (2018) #8,386 Extinction: Jurassic Predators (2014) #8,387 Freedom Fighters: The Ray: Season 1 (2017) #8,388 Freedom Fighters: The Ray: Season 2 (2018)