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
Think Fast, Mr. MotoFirst of eight in a series, this mystery based on J.P. Marquand's novels follows Japanese detective Moto (Peter Lorre) as he outwits international smugglers. Aboard a ship to Shanghai, Moto encounters a known murderer and the mysterious Gloria Danton (Virginia Field). When well-do-do Bob Hitchings... 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
Mr. Moto's GambleAided by two of his criminology students (Keye Luke and Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom), inscrutable gumshoe Kentaro Moto (Peter Lorre) investigates the murder of a prizefighter poisoned during a boxing match. Lynn Bari, Jayne Regan, John Hamilton and Ward Bond also star in this third entry in 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 Buster Keaton Story (1957) | NR | |
The Sad Sack (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 in Danger Island (1938) | NR | |
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) | NR | |
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) | NR | |
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (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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