The tell-tale heart [videorecording] / Churchill Films presents ; a production of the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies ; produced and directed by Steve Carver.
Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Alex Cord, Sam Jaffe, Ed Binns, Dennis Cross, Dan Desmond.
Summary:
In Poe's eerie tale of murder and revenge, a young man is gradually driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man he cares for. After murdering the old man, and dismembering the body, he thinks he hears the heartbeat of his victim. When police come to investigate, he offers a confession, convinced that they can also hear the heartbeat.
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