The intrepid reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille becomes involved in the investigation of a hideous crime committed in a room painted yellow, whose door was locked from the inside…
Practical Effects
1920s locked-room mechanics before CGI ruined everything.
Costume
Detective hats so dramatic they deserve their own billing.
Director
Émile Chautard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first screen adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1907 novel—the same dude who wrote Phantom of the Opera. Dude LOVED a mystery.
The 'locked room mystery' basically INVENTED detective fiction as we know it, and this film is grandpa to every Knives Out twist you screamed at.
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