The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Florey |
| Producer(s) | William Jacobs, Jack L. Warner (executive) |
| Top Genres | Horror |
| Top Topics | Monster |
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The Beast with Five Fingers Overview:
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) was a Horror Film directed by Robert Florey and produced by Jack L. Warner and William Jacobs.
SYNOPSIS
A partially paralyzed concert pianist continues to play with his left hand. But his sudden violent death unleashes a profound terror - his disembodied hand returns to commit a series of murders and traumatize Lorre, his secretary. No matter what Lorre tries to do to the hand (crush it, burn it, bury it), it continues to haunt the villagers. Creative camera work, as well as the interaction between Lorre and the hand, make this necessary viewing for horror historians.
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Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 21, 2015 From Virtual ViragoThe Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a surprisingly effective chiller from director Robert Florey and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also penned horror classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). For genre fans, the chief draw of the picture is Peter Lorre as an obsessed as... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 21, 2015 From Virtual ViragoThe Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a surprisingly effective chiller from director Robert Florey and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also penned horror classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). For genre fans, the chief draw of the picture is Peter Lorre as an obsessed as... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 21, 2015 From Virtual ViragoThe Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a surprisingly effective chiller from director Robert Florey and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also penned horror classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). For genre fans, the chief draw of the picture is Peter Lorre as an obsessed as... Read full article
The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) (2)
on Oct 24, 2013 From Journeys in Classic FilmThe Beast With Five Fingers has a premise which refuses to die in popular culture. ?If you’ve watched the Addams Family, or the television show, Goosebumps, than you are well-versed in the horrors of disembodied hands. ?This 1940s B-movie fails to engage the readers with the plot, but when thi... Read full article
The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) (1)
By Brandy Dean on Oct 11, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsIn The Beast with Five Fingers, locals in an Italian village become alarmed when a one-handed pianist (Victor Fancen) dies under mysterious circumstances. Suspicions flare when the reading of his recent last will and testament reveal he’s left his estate to his nurse Julie (Andrea King), and p... Read full article
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Luis Buñuel wrote in his autobiography ("My Last Sigh"), he was employed by Warner Bros. and submitted a story idea for a horror movie about a disembodied hand.
This was Peter Lorre's last film for Warner Bros.
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