The Tell-Tale Heart (aka Bucket of Blood)

Moody, minimalist, and effective, this British quota quickie was the first sound film rendition of the chilling Poe classic, with Norman Dryden as the paranoid young man distressed by the diseased eye of his elderly patron (John Kelt) to the point of committing murder...only to be ultimately undone by his all-consuming guilt. With Yolande Terrell, Thomas Shenton; first directing credit for Brian Desmond Hurst (1951's "A Christmas Carol"). 55 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.