The Tell-Tale Heart

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TitleThe Tell-Tale Heart
User score

7.2

Release dateDec 17, 1953
GenreAnimation, Horror, Crime
DirectorTed Parmelee
Production countryUnited States of America
Production companiesUnited Productions of America, Columbia Pictures
Run time8 min.

One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye." The killer is never seen but his presence is felt by the use light-and-shadow to give the impression of impending disaster.

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