The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

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The Tell-Tale Heart

1953

0h 8m

7.3(86 votes)

Animation

Horror

Crime

Overview

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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United Productions of America

Columbia Pictures

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Cast & Crew

1 member

Acting

James Mason

Narrator

James Mason

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