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Peter Lorre Movies
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Genres:
Comedy
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Maggie Pierce,
Leona Gage,
Peter Lorre,
Joyce Jameson,
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Another of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price films based VERY loosely on
three Edgar Allan Poe tales.The first is "Morella" where a dying girl comes to visit her father
(Price) and find out why he abandoned her as a child. It has to do with
her mother (Morella) and her death. Well-done but it doesn't make a lot
of sense."The Black Cat" is about a man (Peter Lorre) finding out his wife...
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Genres:
Comedy
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Maggie Pierce,
Leona Gage,
Peter Lorre,
Joyce Jameson,
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Another of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price films based VERY loosely on
three Edgar Allan Poe tales.The first is "Morella" where a dying girl comes to visit her father
(Price) and find out why he abandoned her as a child. It has to do with
her mother (Morella) and her death. Well-done but it doesn't make a lot
of sense."The Black Cat" is about a man (Peter Lorre) finding out his wife...
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Genres:
Musical
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Fred Astaire,
Cyd Charisse,
Janis Paige,
Peter Lorre,
George Tobias,
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Genres:
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Leslie Banks,
Edna Best,
Peter Lorre,
Frank Vosper,
Hugh Wakefield,
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Genres:
Adventure
Drama
Family
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Starring:
Kirk Douglas,
James Mason,
Paul Lukas,
Peter Lorre,
Robert J. Wilke,
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This is by far the most literate, the most moving, and the most
cinematically sophisticated film Disney has ever made. Those of the
reviewers at this (IMDb) site who dismiss it as a kiddie movie, or who
sneer at the special effects ("time has not been kind" to this film,
one of them says; according to another, "the thrill is gone") seem
simply prejudiced, rather like those who ...
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Jennifer Jones,
Gina Lollobrigida,
Robert Morley,
Peter Lorre,
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Film-Noir
Mystery
Starring:
Mickey Rooney,
Jeanne Cagney,
Barbara Bates,
Peter Lorre,
Taylor Holmes,
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Here's an unusual film noir because it stars an actor that you wouldn't
think would be in a crime film: Mickey Rooney. But, like a lot of comedians, singers and other non-dramatic actors,
Rooney could surprise you with his dramatic talents. He wasn't all Andy
Hardy fluff. Rooney was a fine, fine actor and he does a good job here in this role
as a man who makes one mistake after ano...
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Genres:
Adventure
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains,
Peter Lorre,
Corinne Calvet,
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I have watched this movie twice and have been waiting for a DVD to be
released for quite a while. You would think a film with Burt Lancaster,
Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Sam Jaffe would get some
attention but, I don't believe this was ever available on VHS, either.
Puzzling.It's a good film and worth watching. The first time I saw this it
reminded me a bit of Ca...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Mystery
Starring:
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour,
Peter Lorre,
Lon Chaney Jr.,
John Hoyt,
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Film-Noir
Mystery
Music
Starring:
Dan Duryea,
June Vincent,
Peter Lorre,
Broderick Crawford,
Constance Dowling,
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This interesting, creative film-noir is much less widely known than are
most of the classics of the genre, but it is well worth seeing both for
the story and the cast. In a relatively brief running time, it packs in
a satisfying and unpredictable story with numerous turns, with a very
good cast that work together quite well. The settings are
well-conceived, and together with th...
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Genres:
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Cary Grant,
Priscilla Lane,
Raymond Massey,
Jack Carson,
Edward Everett Horton,
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For those who enjoy dark comedy, it's hard to see how anything could be
funnier than "Arsenic and Old Lace". With Cary Grant's talent for madcap
comedy, with hilariously sinister performances by Raymond Massey and Peter
Lorre, with two adorable old ladies who have a very dark secret, plus
half-a-dozen other eccentric characters, all involved in a complicated and
unpredictable ...
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Genres:
Drama
Romance
War
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman,
Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains,
Conrad Veidt,
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Spoilers ahead, but then again, who isn't familiar with Casablanca,
even if one hasn't seen it?I've been watching 'Casablanca' over and over again since I bought the
Special Edition DVD, and is there any film out there one can watch
again and again without ever being tired of it? And does any film
appeal to a broader audience? Just everything about it seems to be as
close to pe...
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Genres:
Crime
Film-Noir
Mystery
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Mary Astor,
Gladys George,
Peter Lorre,
Barton MacLane,
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Humphrey Bogart died nearly fifty years ago, but polls still put him at the
top of all-time Hollywood stars. What turns a man into a legend? The man
himself wasn't much: a slight build, not too tall, no Stallone muscles to
swell his suit. What he had in classic films like `The Maltese Falcon' was
a voice that cut through a script like a knife.
`The Maltese Falcon,' directed...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Jean Hersholt,
Amanda Duff,
Warren Hymer,
Richard Lane,
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Moto #7/8 finds us in "Porto Rico" with a great print, some nice sets
and atmospheric photography and a sterling cast giving the flimsy plot
all they had.Moto played as ever by Peter Lorre is called in by the Government in
cahoots with the Governor to root out an international gang of diamond
smugglers, discovers straight away that one the Governor's confidantes
must be one...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Joseph Schildkraut,
Lionel Atwill,
Virginia Field,
John 'Dusty' King,
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Like most of the Charlie Chan movies of the same era, it might help to
keep a score card here to keep track of all the players. Mr. Moto
(Peter Lorre), true to characterizations in earlier films in the
series, relies on his skills as an anthropologist as well as a
detective to solve this, his final case. He's on the trail of a
psychopathic criminal genius long presumed dead...
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Genres:
Action
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Ricardo Cortez,
Virginia Field,
John Carradine,
George Sanders,
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My only prior experience with Peter Lorre's work was in two of my
favorite Humphrey Bogart films, as Joel Cairo in "The Maltese Falcon",
and as the scheming Ugarte in "Casablanca". Both characterizations were
excellent and memorable efforts. His casting as a Japanese
"International Police" investigator is almost as offbeat as Boris
Karloff's portrayal of Mr. Wong in that series...
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Genres:
Crime
Mystery
Drama
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Keye Luke,
Dick Baldwin,
Lynn Bari,
Douglas Fowley,
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Warner Oland made a reputation playing orientals which is what got him
the role of Erle Derr Biggers Honolulu detective in the first place.
Not bad for a Swedish American actor. Unfortunately, he lost the role
in a very unexpected way. He died. Now, before you go and try to figure
out who done it, don't bother. These things happen and not always
through foul play. Now, Peter Lo...
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Genres:
Crime
Mystery
Drama
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Rochelle Hudson,
Robert Kent,
J. Edward Bromberg,
Chick Chandler,
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The characters are what make this movie intriguing, and stupid.....at
the same time! One is never quite sure who is what except we know Mr.
Moto is a good guy and the two cameramen are innocent but too goofy.
This, the fourth in the Peter Lorre-starred series of Moto films, re
minded me of the Monogram latter-day Charlie Chan films, with Mantan
Moreland, in which some silliness...
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Genres:
Crime
Mystery
Drama
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Mary Maguire,
Henry Wilcoxon,
Erik Rhodes,
Harold Huber,
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This was my first look ever at Peter Lorre's "Mr. Moto" character, and
I couldn't help but compare and contrast him to the famous "Charlie
Chan" of a similar period. "Mr. Moto" is charming but isn't the
comedian or the proverb-quoting Chan. I would have to watch a few more
Moto movies before I could really compare the two fairly, as for
quality and entertainment val...
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Genres:
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Drama
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Virginia Field,
Thomas Beck,
Sig Ruman,
Murray Kinnell,
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I love these Moto flicks. I'll tell you that right out of the gate, and
the history of these low budget detective films is almost more
interesting then the films themselves. First of all, Peter Lorre was
one of the most underrated actors in cinema history. In fact, those who
knew him thought he would have been a psychiatrist had he not been an
actor, which tells me he studied p...
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Genres:
Crime
Mystery
Drama
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Thomas Beck,
Pauline Frederick,
Jayne Regan,
Sidney Blackmer,
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I love the Mr. Moto series. My favorite is the first, Think Fast, Mr.
Moto, but this second in the series comes a close second. Mr.Moto has
been tasked (by whom we don't know) to locate the treasure of Genghis
Kahn. His good friend Prince Chung is a descendant of Kahn, and cares
for 5 (one was stolen) scrolls that, when put together with the
remaining two, reveal the location o...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
Starring:
John Gielgud,
Peter Lorre,
Madeleine Carroll,
Robert Young,
Percy Marmont,
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A young British army officer is 'killed off' on the Western Front so
that he can assume a false identity and go to Switzerland on a secret
mission. Brody (or Ashenden, as he is now known) finds the dirty business
of espionage distasteful, but is determined to see his mission through to a
successful conclusion.In this early Hitchcock thriller, John Gielgud plays Ashenden as a
c...
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