Peter Lorre — Actor (18)
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The Double Face of Peter Lorre (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Peter Lorre - Das doppelte Gesicht
director: Harun Farocki / Felix Hoffmann actor: Peter Lorre / Stephen D. Youngkin
other title: Peter Lorre - Das doppelte Gesicht / 双面人彼得·洛
Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This character has held a peculiar fascination for generations of cinephiles. However, at the time, whilst such success meant recognition, it also weighed on the Hungarian actor as a constrictive burden. Using photographs and film extracts, Das doppelte Gesicht reconstructs the ups and downs of Lorre's career, taking into consideration the economic imperatives and workings of the film industry at the time. (Arnold Hohmann, 1984)
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What Women Dream (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Was Frauen träumen
director: Géza von Bolváry actor: Nora Gregor / Gustav Fröhlich …
other title: Was Frauen träumen / 女人的夢想 …
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
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F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
F.P.1 antwortet nicht
director: Karl Hartl actor: Hans Albers / Sybille Schmitz …
other title: F.P.1 antwortet nicht / I.F.1 ne répond plus …
F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mr. Moto's Gamble
director: James Tinling actor: 彼得·洛尔 / 陆锡麒 …
other title: Mr. Moto und der Wettbetrug / M. Moto sur le ring …
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
director: Herbert I. Leeds actor: 彼得·洛尔 / Warren Hymer …
other title: Mr. Moto und die geheimnisvolle Insel / M. Moto en péril …
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
director: 诺曼·福斯特 actor: 彼得·洛尔 / 弗吉尼亚·菲尔德 …
other title: Mr. Moto und die Schmugglerbande / L'Énigmatique M. Moto …
When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai, Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice...even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice!
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) [Movie] Min reol
Arsenic and Old Lace
director: Frank Capra actor: Cary Grant / Priscilla Lane …
other title: Arsenic et vieilles dentelles / Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen …
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
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Quicksand (1950) [Movie] Douban
Quicksand
director: Irving Pichel actor: Mickey Rooney / Jeanne Cagney …
other title: 流沙
After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.