Peter Lorre — Actor (50)
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Crime and Punishment (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Crime and Punishment
director: Josef von Sternberg actor: Edward Arnold / Peter Lorre …
other title: Ho ucciso! / Schuld und Sühne …
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
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Double Confession (1950) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Double Confession
director: Ken Annakin actor: Derek Farr / Joan Hopkins …
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
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My Favorite Brunette (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
My Favorite Brunette
director: Elliott Nugent actor: Bob Hope / Dorothy Lamour …
other title: La mia brunetta preferita / En skør detektiv …
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
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The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Mask of Dimitrios
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Sydney Greenstreet / Zachary Scott …
other title: La maschera di Dimitrios / Die Maske des Dimitrios …
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
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The Verdict (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Verdict
director: Don Siegel actor: Sydney Greenstreet / Peter Lorre …
other title: La morte viene da Scotland Yard / Hier irrte Scotland Yard …
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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Quicksand (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Quicksand
director: Irving Pichel actor: Mickey Rooney / Jeanne Cagney …
other title: Kviksand / Sables mouvants …
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
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The Patsy (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Patsy
director: Jerry Lewis actor: Jerry Lewis / Ina Balin …
other title: Jerry 8 e 3/4 / O Otário …
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.
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The Lost One (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Der Verlorene
director: Peter Lorre actor: Peter Lorre / Karl John …
other title: Un uomo perduto / Der Verlorene …
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.
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Three Strangers (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Three Strangers
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Sydney Greenstreet / Geraldine Fitzgerald …
other title: L'idolo cinese / Drei Fremde …
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
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Passage to Marseille (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Passage to Marseille
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Humphrey Bogart / Claude Rains …
other title: Il giuramento dei forzati / Mænd uden fædreland …
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.