After fleeing Germany in 1933, Lorre landed in London, where Alfred Hitchcock cast him in The Man Who Knew Too Much. Soon, Lorre had established himself as Hollywood's favorite psychopath in films such as Mad Love and Crime and Punishment (both 1935).
Lorre finally got to play a good guy when he was cast as Japanese detective Mr. Moto in eight films made in the late '30s. During the '50s, Lorre appeared frequently on TV anthology series as well as in films. And in the '60s, he co-starred with Vincent Price and others in Roger Corman's twisted Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. Lorre died in 1964.
MGerman-American director Fritz Lang presents his first "talkie" -- and cinema's first serial killer -- in this 1931 classic whose central villain was later used in Nazi propaganda films to illustrate the evils of sexual deviance. Propelled by a compulsion he can't control, plump pedophile Hans... Read More
Secret AgentIn this thriller from director Alfred Hitchcock, British soldier and novelist Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) returns home during World War I to find that a government agency has faked a report of his death. The Intelligence Service then forces him to change his name and travel to Switzerland to track... Read More
Tales of Terror / Twice Told TalesA love triangle leads a jealous husband to bury a couple alive; a seriously ill man is hypnotized and experiences horrific results; a doctor's youth restoration experiments lead to the reanimation of a grisly bride; and more. These tales are all adapted from Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne... Read More
Mysterious Mr. MotoJapanese detective Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) dons an inmate's disguise to help Scotland Yard hunt down a gang of dangerous assassins in the fifth installment of this mystery series centering on the character created by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist J.P. Marquand. The plot finds the well-mannered Mr.... Read More
Mr. Moto Takes a VacationMild-mannered sleuth Kentaro Moto (Peter Lorre) postpones his vacation to protect the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba, recently recovered by archaeologist Howard Stevens (John "Dusty" King). A notorious thief attempts various disguises to outwit Mr. Moto, but the criminal soon learns that the... Read More
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Heroes of Horror (2001) | NR | |
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The Patsy (1964) | NR | |
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) | NR | |
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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) | PG | |
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The Sad Sack (1957) | NR | |
The Buster Keaton Story (1957) | NR | |
Silk Stockings (1957) | NR | |
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Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) | NR | |
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) | G | |
Beat the Devil (1954) | NR | |
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Quicksand (1950) | NR | |
Rope of Sand (1949) | NR | |
Casbah (1948) | NR | |
My Favorite Brunette (1947) | NR | |
Bob Hope: Road to Comedy (1947) | NR | |
Black Angel (1946) | NR | |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | NR | |
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All Through the Night (1942) | NR | |
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) | NR | |
Strange Cargo (1940) | NR | |
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) | NR | |
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939) | NR | |
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) | NR | |
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) | NR | |
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) | NR | |
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1938) | NR | |
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) | NR | |
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) | NR | |
Secret Agent (1936) | NR | |
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) | NR | |
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