Essential Cinema: The Eyes of Peter Lorre

THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS

Directed by Robert Florey

USA, 1946, 1h 28min, 35mm

Essential Cinema  The Eyes of Peter Lorre

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

We’re not sure why Peter Lorre is in multiple horror films about severed hands, but we’re also not complaining. In this one — based on a novel by Curt Siodmak, directed by sometimes-avant-garde filmmaker Robert Florey, and with possible uncredited assistance in the story department from Luis Buñuel — the hand is what’s driving Peter Lorre into a highly entertaining mental health crisis. By this point in this series, you should know how unmissable that is. In 35mm.

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