The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)

  • NR
  • 10/25/1941 (US)
  • Crime, Horror
  • 20m

Overview

In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.

Doane R. Hoag

Screenplay

Jules Dassin

Director

Cast

Joseph Schildkraut's headshot

Joseph Schildkraut

Young Man
Roman Bohnen's headshot

Roman Bohnen

Old Man
Oscar O'Shea's headshot

Oscar O'Shea

First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Will Wright's headshot

Will Wright

Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

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