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The Tell-Tale Heart

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A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

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Released
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Language
English
  • tale
  • murder
  • madman
  • short film

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Behind the camera

Director

Ted Parmelee

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical17 Dec 1953

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The Tell-Tale Heart was released on 17 December 1953.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/10/2025

    7/10

    I loved this. It’s a dark and eerily menacing story of a man, an eye, a murder and some great vocal characterisation from James Mason. Like many mad men, this one believed himself perfectly sane as he began to have issues with one is his elderly neighbours. This old fellow never troubled him, nor was probably even aware of his existence but gradually this obsession assumed dominating proportions. As this anxiety accu…

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