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Film icon Peter Lorre turns in yet another memorable performance in this eerie classic set in a small town in Italy. Hilary Cummins (Lorre), the devoted secretary to wheelchair-bound piano virtuoso Francis Ingram (Victor Francen), has a passion for the occult. Poring through every book on the supernatural he can find in Ingram's vast library, Hilary begins to imagine strange and terrifying things. But after Ingram's tragic death, the line between reality and unimaginable terror is blurred as the severed hand from Ingram's corpse begins killing everyone in the villa! Also starring Robert Alda and Andrea King, The Beast with Five Fingers is filled with wit, thrills and shocking plot twists!
Original Release
02/08/1947
US Release
02/08/1947
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Alda | Conrad Ryler / Bruce Conrad [Conrad Ryler in on-screen end credits] |
Andrea King | Julie Holden |
Peter Lorre | Hilary Cummins |
Victor Francen | Francis Ingram |
J. Carrol Naish | Ovidio Castanio / Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio |
Charles Dingle | Raymond Arlington |
John Alvin | Donald Arlington |
David Hoffman | Duprex / Ingram's Attorney Duprex |
Barbara Brown | Mrs. Miller |
Patricia Barry | Clara / Clara the Maid |
Directors
Writers
Curt Siodmak, William Fryer Harvey, Harold Goldman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Alda | Conrad Ryler / Bruce Conrad [Conrad Ryler in on-screen end credits] |
Andrea King | Julie Holden |
Peter Lorre | Hilary Cummins |
Victor Francen | Francis Ingram |
J. Carrol Naish | Ovidio Castanio / Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio |
Charles Dingle | Raymond Arlington |
John Alvin | Donald Arlington |
David Hoffman | Duprex / Ingram's Attorney Duprex |
Barbara Brown | Mrs. Miller |
Patricia Barry | Clara / Clara the Maid |
William Edmunds | Antonio / Ingram's Servant Antonio |
Belle Mitchell | Giovanna / Giovanna the Cook |
Ray Walker | Mr. Miller / Edward Miller |
Pedro de Cordoba | Horatio / Sidewalk Cafe Waiter Horatio |
Victor Aller | The Hand (playing piano) |
Symona Boniface | Mourner |
Gino Corrado | Carabinieri |
Franco Corsaro | Carabinieri |
Antonio Filauri | Bus Driver |
Joseph Marievsky | Carabinieri |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
William Jacobs | Producer |