On this day in movie history - The Tell-Tale Heart (1941 movie & book):

The Tell-Tale Heart

directed by Jules Dassin, written by Doane R. Hoag,

based on the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe,

released in the United States on October 25, 1941.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Roman Bohnen, Oscar O'Shea, Will Wright.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe.

First published 1849.
This edition published 1966.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Hardcover.
ISBN 13: 9780385074070
ISBN 10: 0385074077
ASIN: 0385074077

Description:

This single volume brings together all of Poe’s stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.