The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1953 American animated short film directed by Ted Parmelee and narrated by James Mason. The screenplay by Bill Scott and Fred Grable is based on the 1843 short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe. The UPA short is known as the first cartoon to be rated X in film history. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.