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Passage to Marseille (Warner Bros., 1944). Director: Michael Curtiz; producer: Hal B. Wallis; screenplay: Casey Robinson and Jack Moffitt; based on the novelette Men without a Country by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; cinematography: James Wong Howe; 110 min. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michele Morgan, Philip Dorn, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre (Marius), George Tobias, Helmut Dantine, John Loder, Victor Francen, Vladimir Sokoloff, Edward Ciannelli, Corinna Mura.
The Mask of Dimitrios (Warner Bros., 1944). Director: Jean Negulesco; producer: Henry Blanke; screenplay: Frank Gruber; based on the novel A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler; cinematography: Arthur Edeson; 95 min. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Peter Lorre (Cornelius Latimer Leyden), Victor Francen, Steven Geray, Florence Bates, Edward Ciannelli, Kurt Katch, Marjorie Hoshelle, Georges Metaxa, John Abbott, Monte Blue, David Hoffman.
Arsenic and Old Lace (Warner Bros., 1944). Director: Frank Capra; producer: Frank Capra; screenplay: Philip G. and Julius J. Epstein; based on the play by Joseph Kesselring; produced for the stage by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; cinematography: Sol Polito; 118 min. Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre (Dr. Einstein), James Gleason, Josephine Hall, Jean Adair, John Alexander, Grant Mitchell, Edward McNamara, Garry Owen, John Ridgely, Vaughan Glaser, Chester Clute, Charles Lane, Edward McWade.
The Conspirators (Warner Bros., 1944). Director: Jean Negulesco; producer: Jack Chertok; screenplay: Vladimir Pozner and Leo Rosten; additional dialogue: Jack Moffitt; based on the novel by Frederic Prokosch; cinematography: Arthur Edeson; 100 min. Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre (Jan Bernazsky), Victor Francen, Joseph Calleia, Carol Thurston, Vladimir Sokoloff, Edward Ciannelli, Steven Geray, Kurt Katch.
Hollywood Canteen (Warner Bros., 1944). Director: Delmer Daves; producer: Alex Gottlieb; original screenplay: Delmer Daves; cinematography: Bert Glennon; 125 min. Cast: Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Julie Bishop, Betty Brodel, Barbara Brown, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Kitty Carlisle, Jack Carson, Dane Clark, Joan Crawford, Helmut Dantine, Bette Davis, Faye Emerson, Victor Francen, John Garfield, Mary Gordon, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan Hale, Paul Henreid, Robert Hutton, Andrea King, Joan Leslie, Peter Lorre (himself), Ida Lupino, Irene Manning, Eddie Marr, Nora Martin, Joan McCracken, Chef Milani, Dolores Moran, Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Eleanor Parker, William Prince, Joyce Reynolds, John Ridgely, Roy Rogers and Trigger, S.Z. Sakall, Zachary Scott, Robert Shayne, Alexis Smith, Barbara Stanwyck, Craig Stevens, Joseph Szigeti, Donald Woods, Jane Wyman, Jimmy Dorsey and Band, Carmen Cavallaro and Orchestra, Golden Gate Quartet, Rosario and Antonio, and Sons of the Pioneers.
Hotel Berlin (Warner Bros., 1945. Director: Peter Godfrey; producer: Louis F. Edelman; screenplay: Jo Pagano, Alvah Bessie; based on the novel by Vicki Baum; cinematography: Carl Guthrie; 98 min. Cast: Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey, Andrea King, Peter Lorre (Prof. Johannes Koenig), Alan Hale, George Coulouris, Henry Daniell, Peter Whitney, Helene Thimig, Steven Geray, Kurt Kreuger.
Confidential Agent (Warner Bros., 1945). Director: Herman Shumlin; producer: Robert Buckner; screenplay: Robert Buckner; based on the novel by Graham Greene; cinematography: James Wong Howe; 115 min. Cast: Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Katina Paxinou, Peter Lorre (Contreras), Victor Francen, George Coulouris, Wanda Hendrix, John Warburton, Dan Seymour, George Zucco, Miles Mander.
Three Strangers (Warner Bros., 1946). Director: Jean Negulesco; producer: Wolfgang Reinhardt; original screenplay: John Huston and Howard Koch; cinematography: Arthur Edeson; 92 min. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre (Johnny West), Joan Lorring, Robert Shayne, Marjorie Riordon, Arthur Shields, Rosalind Ivan, John Alvin, Peter Whitney, Alan Napier, Clifford Brooke, Doris Lord, Lumsden Hare.
Black Angel (Universal Pictures, 1946). Director: Roy William Neill; producers: Roy William Neill and Tom McKnight; screenplay: Roy Chanslor; based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich; cinematography: Paul Ivano; musical score: Frank Skinner; songs: Jack Brooks and Edgar Fairchild; 80 min. Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre (Mr. Marko), Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford, Hobart Cavanaugh, Freddie Steele, John Phillips, Ben Bard, Junius Matthews, Marion Martin, Michael Brandon, St. Clair and Vilova, Robert Williams.
The Chase (United Artists, 1946). Director: Arthur D. Ripley; producer: Seymour Nebenzal; screenplay: Philip Yordan; based on the novel The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich; cinematography: Franz Planer; 86 min. Cast: Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan, Steve Cochran, Peter Lorre (Gino), Lloyd Corrigan, Jack Holt, Don Wilson, Alexis Minotis, Nina Koschetz, Yolanda Lacca, James Westerfield, Jimmy Ames, Shirley O’Hara.
The Verdict (Warner Bros., 1946). Director: Don Siegel; producer: William Jacobs; screenplay: Peter Milne; based on the novel The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill; cinematography: Ernest Haller; 86 min. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre (Victor Emmric), Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Shields, Morton Lowry, Holmes Herbert, Art Foster, Clyde Cook.
The Beast with Five Fingers (Warner Bros., 1946). Director: Robert Florey; producer: William Jacobs; screenplay: Curt Siodmak; based on the short story by William Fryer Harvey; cinematography: Wesley Anderson; special effects: William McGann (director), H. Koenekamp; 90 min. Cast: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre (Hilary Cummins), Victor Francen, J. Carroll Naish, Charles Dingle, John Alvin, David Hoffman, Barbara Brown, Patricia White, William Edmunds, Belle Mitchell, Ray Walker, Pedro de Cordoba.
My Favorite Brunette (Paramount, 1947). Director: Elliott Nugent; producer: Daniel Dare; original screenplay: Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose; cinematography: Lionel Lindon; song “Beside You” by Jay Livingston and Roy Evans; 87 min. Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre (Kismet), Lon Chaney, John Hoyt, Charles Dingle, Reginald Denny, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Williard Robertson, Jack La Rue, Charles Arnt; unbilled guest stars: Alan Ladd, Bing Crosby.
Casbah (Universal International, 1948). Director: John Berry; producers: Nat C. Goldstone (executive) and Erik Charell (associate); screenplay: L. Bush-Fekete and Arnold Manoff; based on the novel Pepe Le Moko by Detective Ashelbe (Henri La Barthe); cinematography: Irving Glassberg; musical story: Erik Charell; music: Harold Arlen; lyrics: Leo Robin; choreography of Dunham Group: Katherine Dunham; 93 min. Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre (Inspector Slimane), Marta Toren, Hugo Haas, Thomas Gomez, Douglas Dick, Katherine Dunham, Herbert Rudley, Gene Walker, Curt Conway, André Pola, Barry Bernard, Virginia Gregg, Will Lee, Harris Brown, Housley Stevenson, Russell Johnson.
Rope of Sand (Paramount, 1949). Director: William Dieterle; producer: Hal B. Wallis; screenplay: Walter Doniger; additional dialogue: John Paxton; story: Walter Doniger; cinematography: Charles B. Lang Jr.; 104 min. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre (Toady), Corinne Calvet, Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield, Mike Mazurki, Kenny Washington, Edmond Breon, Hadyn Roarke, David Thursby, Josef Marais and Miranda.
Quicksand (United Artists, 1950). Director: Irving Pichel; executive producer: Sam H. Stiefel; producer: Mort Briskin; screenplay: Robert Smith; cinematography: Lionel Lindon; 79 min. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre (Nick Dramoshag), Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Wally Cassel, Richard Lane, Patsy O’Connor, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Sidney Marion, Jimmy Dodd, Kitty O’Neil, Frank Marlowe, Alvin Hammer, Ray Teal, Tom Munroe, Red Nichols and His Five Pennies.
Double Confession (Associated British-Pathé, 1950). Director: Ken Annakin; producer: Harry Reynolds; screenplay: William Templeton and Ralph Keene; based on the novel All on a Summer’s Day by John Garden; cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth; 85 min. Cast: Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Peter Lorre (Paynter), William Hartnell, Kathleen Harrison, Naughton Wayne, Ronald Howard, Leslie Dwyer, Edward Rigby, George Woodbridge, Henry Edwards, Vida Hope, Esma Cannon.
Der Verlorene (The Lost One) (National Film GmbH, 1951). Director: Peter Lorre; producer: Arnold Pre
ssburger; screenplay: Peter Lorre, Benno Vigny, and Axel Eggebrecht; cinematography: Vaclav Vich; 98 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Dr. Karl Rothe), Karl John, Helmut Rudolph, Johanna Hofer, Renate Mannhardt, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz, Lotte Rausch, Gisela Trowe, Hansi Wendler, Kurt Meister, Alexander Hunzinger.
Beat the Devil (United Artists, 1954). Director: John Huston; producer: John Huston; screenplay: Truman Capote and John Huston; based on the novel Beat the Devil by Claud Cockburn (James Helvick); cinematography: Oswald Morris. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre (Julius O’Hara), Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Marco Tulli, Bernard Lee, Mario Perrone, Guilio Donnini, Saro Urzi, Juan De Landa, Aldo Silvani.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Buena-Vista, 1954). Director: Richard Fleischer; producer: Walt Disney; screenplay: Earl Felton; based on the novel by Jules Verne; cinematography: Franz Planer; 120 min. Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre (Conseil), Robert J. Wilkie, Ted de Corsia, Carleton Young, J.M. Kerrigan, Percy Helton, Ted Cooper.
Meet Me in Las Vegas (MGM, 1956). Director: Roy Rowland; assistant director: George Rhei; producer: Joe Pasternak; screenplay: Isobel Lennart; cinematography: Robert Bronner; choreography: Hermes Pan and Eugene Loring; music: Nicholas Brodszky; lyrics: Sammy Cahn; 112 min. Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Lili Darvas, Jim Backus, Oscar Karlweis, Liliane Montevecchi, Cara Williams, George Kerris, Betty Lyn, the Slate Brothers, Pete Rugolo, John Brascia, John Harding, Benny Rubin, Jack Daly, Henny Backus; guest stars: Jerry Colonna, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Mitsuko Sawamura; unbilled guest stars: Peter Lorre (himself), Tony Martin.
Congo Crossing (Universal, 1956). Director: Joseph Pevney; producer: Howard Christie; screenplay: Richard Alan Simmons; based on a story by Huston Branch; cinematography: Russell Metty; 85 min. Cast: Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre (Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas), Michael Pate, Rex Ingram, Tonio Selwart, Kathryn Givney, Tudor Owen, Raymond Bailey, George Ramsey, Bernard Hamilton, Harold Dyrenforth.
Around the World in Eighty Days (United Artists, 1956). Director: Michael Anderson; producer: Michael Todd; screenplay: James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman; based on the novel by Jules Verne; cinematography: Lionel Lindon; 173 min. Cast: Cantinflas, David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton; guest stars: Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Basil Sidney, Noel Coward, Sir John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Harcourt Williams, Martine Carol, Fernandel, Charles Boyer, Evelyn Keyes, Jose Greco and troupe, Luis Dominguín, Cesar Romero, Gilbert Roland, Alan Mowbray, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Melville Cooper, Reginald Denny, Ronald Colman, Robert Cabal, Charles Coburn, Peter Lorre (Japanese steward), George Raft, Red Skelton, Marlene Dietrich, John Carradine, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, Colonel Tim McCoy, Joe E. Brown, Andy Devine, Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Beatrice Lillie, John Mills, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, Edward R. Murrow, A.E. Matthews, Ronald Adam, Walter Fitzgerald, Frank Royde.
The Buster Keaton Story (Paramount, 1957). Director: Sidney Sheldon; producers: Robert Smith and Sidney Sheldon; screenplay: Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith; cinematography: Loyal Griggs; technical adviser: Buster Keaton; 91 min. Cast: Donald O’Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Flemming, Peter Lorre (Kurt Bergner), Larry Keating, Richard Anderson, Dave Willock, Claire Carleton, Larry White, Jackie Coogan.
Silk Stockings (MGM, 1957). Director: Rouben Mamoulian; producer: Arthur Freed; screenplay: Leonard Gershe and Leonard Spigelgass; suggested by Ninotchka by Melchoir Lengyel; cinematography: Robert Bronner; music and lyrics: Cole Porter; book of the original musical play: George S. Kaufman, Leueen McGrath, and Abe Burrows; produced for the stage by Cy Feur and Ernest H. Martin; music supervised and conducted by André Prévin; all dances in which Fred Astaire appeared choreographed by Hermes Pan; all other dances choreographed by Eugene Loring; 117 min. Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre (Comrade Brankov), George Tobias, Jules Munshin, Joseph Buloff, Wim Sonneveld.
The Story of Mankind (Warner Bros., 1957). Director: Irwin Allen; producer: Irwin Allen; screenplay: Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett; based on the novel by Hendrik Van Loon; cinematography: Nick Musuraca; 99 min. Cast: Ronald Colman, Vincent Price; guest stars: Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Virginia Mayo, Agnes Moorehead, Peter Lorre (Emperor Nero), Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke, Cesar Romero, John Carradine, Dennis Hopper, Marie Wilson, Helmut Dantine, Edward Everett Horton, Reginald Gardner, Marie Windsor, George E. Stone, Cathy O’Donnell, Franklin Pangborn, Melville Cooper, Henry Daniell, Francis X. Bushman, James Ameche, Toni Gerry, David Bond, Austin Green, Nick Cravat, Eden Hartford, Dari Crayne, Alex Lockwood, Richard Cutting, Melinda Marx, Anthony Dexter, Bart Mattson, Don Megowan, Ziva Rodann, Marion Miller, Henry Ruby, Nancy Miller, William Schallert, Leonard Audie, Reginald Scheffield, Burt Nelson, Abraham Sofaer, Tudor Owens, Bobby Watson.
Hell Ship Mutiny (Republic, 1957). Directors: Lee Sholem and Elmo Williams; executive producer: Jon Hall; associate producer: George Bilson; screenplay: De Vallon Scott and Wells Root; cinematography: Sam Leavitt; 66 min. Cast: Jon Hall, John Carradine, Peter Lorre (Lamouet), Roberta Haynes, Mike Mazurki, Charles Mauu, Stanley Adams, Danny Richards Jr., Felix Locher, Peter Coe, Michael Barrett, Salvador Bagues.
The Sad Sack (Paramount, 1957). Director: George Marshall; producer: Hal B. Wallis; screenplay: Edmund Beloin and Nate Monaster; based on the cartoon character created by George Baker; cinematography: Loyal Griggs; music scored and conducted by Walter Scharf; musical numbers staged by Charles O’Curran; 98 min. Cast: Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lorre (Sergeant Abdul), Joe Mantell, Gene Evans, George Dolenz, Liliane Montevecchi, Shepperd Strudwick, Abraham Sofaer, Mary Treen.
The Big Circus (Allied Artists, 1959). Director: Joseph M. Newman; producer: Irwin Allen; screenplay: Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett, and Irving Wallace; based on a story by Irwin Allen; cinematography: Winton Hoch; title song by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster; 108 min. Cast: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Gilbert Roland, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre (Skeeter the Clown), David Nelson, Adele Mara, Howard McNear, Charles Watts, The World’s Greatest Circus Acts, Steve Allen.
Scent of Mystery (Michael Todd Jr., 1960). Director: Jack Cardiff; associate director: Piero Musetta; producer: Michael Todd Jr.; screenplay: William Roos; original story by Kelley Roos; additional situations: Gerald Kersh; cinematography: John Von Kotze; osmologist: Hans Laube; 125 min. Cast: Denholm Elliott, Peter Lorre (Smiley), Liam Redmond, Beverly Bentley, Paul Lukas, Mary Laura Wood, Leo McKern, Peter Arne, Juan Olaguivel, Maurice Marsac, Diana Dors, Judith Furse, Billie Miller, Michael Trubshawe.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (20th Century–Fox, 1961). Director: Irwin Allen; producer: Irwin Allen; screenplay: Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett; story by Irwin Allen; cinematography: Winton Hoch; song “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” by Russell Faith; 105 min. Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre (Commodore Lucius Emery), Robert Sterling, Michael Ansara, Frankie Avalon, Regis Toomey, John Litel, Howard McNear, Henry Daniell, Skip Ward, Mark Slade, Charles Tannen, Delbert Monroe, Anthony Monaco, Michael Ford, Robert Easton.
Tales of Terror (American International Pictures, 1962). Director: Roger Corman; producer: Roger Corman; screenplay: Richard Matheson; based on three Edgar Allan Poe stories; cinematography: Floyd Crosby; photographic effects: Butler-Glouner, Inc; technical adviser for wine-tasting sequence in “The Black Cat”: Harry W. Waugh, John Harvey and Sons, Ltd., Bristol, England; technical adviser for hypnotism sequence in “The Case of M. Valdemar” segment: William J. Bryan Jr., M.D., executive director of American Institute of Hypnosis; 90 min. Cast: “Morella” segment: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage; “The Black Cat” segment: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre (Montresor Herringbone), Joyce Jameson; “The Case of M. Valdemar” segment: Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget, David Frankham; also: Lennie Weinrib, Wally Campo, Alan DeWitt, John Hackett, Ed Cobb, Scott Brown.
The Raven (American International Pictures, 1963). Director: Roger Corman; producer: Roger Corman; screenplay: Richard Matheson; based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe; cinematography: Floyd Crosby; special effects: Butler-Glouner, Inc., and Pat Dinga; raven trained by Moe DiSesso; 86 min. Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre (Dr. Bedlo), Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess, Jack Nicholson, Connie Wallace, William Baskin, Aaron Saxon.
The Comedy of Terrors (American International Pictures, 1964). Director: Jacques Tourneur; producers: James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff; screenplay: Richard Matheson; cinematography: Floyd Crosby; special photographic effects: Butler-Glouner, Inc.; 88 min. Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre (Felix Gillie), Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Hills, Rhubarb, Alan DeWitt, Buddy Mason, Douglas Williams, Linda Rogers, Luree Holmes.
Muscle Beach Party (American International Pictures, 1964). Director: William Asher; producers: James H. Nicholson and Robert Dillon; screenplay: Robert Dillon; story by Robert Dillon and William Asher; cinematography: Harold Wellman; songs: “Beach Party,” “Runnin’ Wild,” “Muscle Bustle,” “My First Love,” “Surfin’ Woodie,” and “Surfer’s Holiday” by Roger Christian, Gary Usher, and Brian Wilson; “Happy Street” and “A Girl Needs a Boy” by Guy Henrick and Jerry Styner; 94 min. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, John Ashley, Don Rickles, Peter Turgeon, Jody McCrea, Dick Dale and the Del Tones, Candy Johnson, Rock Stevens, Valora Noland, Delores Wells, Donna Loren, Bob Seven, Larry Scott, Steve Merjanian, Chester Yorton, Dan Haggerty, Gene Shuey, Gordon Case, Alberta Nelson, Amedee Chabot, Duane Ament, Gary Usher, Guy Henrich, Roger Christian, Laura Lynn, Luree Holmes, Lorie Sommers, Darlene Lucht, Maureen O’Connor, Mike Diffenderfer, Mike Neder, Ed Garner, Charles Hasley, Micky Dora, John Fain, Bill Graham, Larry Shaw, Duane King, Charles Van Artsdlen, Linda Opie, Sally Sache, Patricia Rane, Kathy Kessler, Mary Hughes, Linda Benson, Morey Amsterdam, Buddy Hackett; introducing Little Stevie Wonder; special thanks to Peter Lorre (Mr. Strangedour).