QIn what year does the story take place?
AThe movie takes place in Paris, France in 1845.
QWhy were the two guys fighting over the prostitute on the waterfront?
AIt does seem odd to drop a double homicide into the middle of the film without telling what led up to it. The best that be ascertained is that they were fighting over the prostitute (Arlene Francis). It's been said that the movie was supposed to open with the duel on the waterfront, then go into the scene in Mirakle's lab where the prostitute dies on the cross, then to the waterfront where the body is pulled out of the river, and then to the scene at the morgue where Pierre Dupin is introduced when he asks the morgue keeper for a sample of blood from the latest victim (the prostitute). Only then does the film show the carnival scene where Erik the ape is introduced and Mirakle makes his speech about his theory of evolution. Perhaps scenes in that order would have made more sense?
QIs the opening music the same music played in 'Dracula'?
AYes, the opening music for both Murders in the Rue Morgue and for Dracula (1931) was from the 'Swan Lake Overture', written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [1840-1893].
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