The Tell-Tale Heart (1960 film)

The Tell-Tale Heart
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Directed byErnest Morris
Written by
Based onThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDerek Parsons
Music by
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors
Release date
  • December 1960 (1960-12) (UK)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Tell-Tale Heart (also known as The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors) is a 1960 British second feature ('B') horror film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri and Dermot Walsh. It was produced by the Danzigers. The screenplay by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard is a loose adaptation of the 1843 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. The film was released in England in December 1960, and in the U.S. in February 1962 as The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors.