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The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 American International Pictures horror comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, and Joe E. Brown in his final film appearance. It is a blend of comedy and horror which features several cast members from Tales of Terror, made by AIP the year befor...
Starring: Mary Astor•Jerry Lewis•Brian Donlevy
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 American International Pictures horror comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, and Joe E. Brown in his final film appearance. It is a blend of comedy and horror which features several cast members from Tales of Terror, made by AIP the year befor...
Starring: Mary Astor•Dolores del Río•Jerry Lewis•Brian Donlevy
The Raven (1963)
The Raven is a 1963 American comedy gothic horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. The supporting cast includes Jack Nicholson as the son of Lorre's character.
Starring: Mary Astor•Jerry Lewis•Brian Donlevy
Tales of Terror (1962)
Tales of Terror is a 1962 American International Pictures horror film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson, and the film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone. It is the fourth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle o...
Starring: Dolores del Río•Jerry Lewis•Brian Donlevy
Scent of Mystery (1960)
Scent of Mystery is a 1960 mystery film, the first to use the Smell-O-Vision system to release odors at points in the film's plot. It was the first film in which aromas were integral to the story, providing important details to the audience. It was produced by Mike Todd, Jr., who, in conjunction with his father Mike Todd, had produced such spectacl...
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Humphrey Bogart
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
The Buster Keaton Story is a 1957 American biographical drama film directed by Sidney Sheldon and written by Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith, following the life of Buster Keaton. The film stars Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre, Larry Keating and Jackie Coogan. It was released on April 21, 1957, by Paramount Pictures. The film...
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Paul Cavanagh•Rochelle Hudson•Clark Gable
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Sad Sack is a 1957 comedy film based on the Harvey Comics character of the same title, created by George Baker. The film stars Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre and was released by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•George Raft•Cary Grant
Congo Crossing (1956)
Congo Crossing is a 1956 American adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo and George Nader. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Charles Boyer•Ward Bond
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, from a screenplay by Earl Felton. Adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel of the same name, the film was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. Phot...
Starring: Claude Rains•J. Carrol Naish•Jerry Lewis•Henry Wilcoxon
Beat the Devil (1953)
Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure comedy film directed by John Huston. It starred Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida and featured Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, and Bernard Lee. Huston and Truman Capote wrote the screenplay, loosely based upon the 1951 novel of the same name by British journalist Claud Cockburn writing under the p...
Starring: Kirk Douglas•Jerry Lewis•Frances Drake•Jon Hall
Quicksand (1950)
Quicksand is a 1950 American film noir that stars Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre and portrays a garage mechanic's descent into crime. It was directed by Irving Pichel shortly before he was included in the Hollywood blacklist. The film provided Rooney with an opportunity to play against type, performing in a role starkly different from his earlier ro...
Starring: Peter Lorre•Jerry Lewis
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 American romantic comedy film and film noir parody, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer on death row in San Quentin State Prison who tells reporters his history. While taking care of his private-eye neighbor'...
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Thomas Beck•Keye Luke
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
The Beast with Five Fingers is a 1946 mystery horror film directed by Robert Florey from a screenplay by Curt Siodmak, based on a short story written by W. F. Harvey and first published in 1919 in The New Decameron. The film stars Robert Alda, Victor Francen, Andrea King, and Peter Lorre. The film's score was composed by Max Steiner.
Starring: Helen Wood•Jerry Lewis•Ingrid Bergman•Elisha Cook Jr.•Robert Wilcox
Black Angel (1946)
Black Angel is a 1946 American film noir directed as his final feature by Roy William Neill and starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent and Peter Lorre. Produced by Universal Pictures, it is set in Los Angeles and broadly adapted from the 1943 novel of the same title by Cornell Woolrich.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Raymond Massey•Mary Maguire•Bob Hope
Three Strangers (1946)
Three Strangers is a 1946 American film noir crime drama directed by Jean Negulesco, written by John Huston and Howard Koch, starring Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Peter Lorre, and featuring Joan Lorring and Alan Napier.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Dennis O'Keefe•Andrea King
The Verdict (1946)
The Verdict is a 1946 American film noir mystery drama directed by Don Siegel and written by Peter Milne, loosely based on Israel Zangwill's 1892 novel The Big Bow Mystery. It stars Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in one of their nine film pairings, as well as Joan Lorring and George Coulouris. The Verdict was Siegel's first full-length feature ...
Starring: Vincent Price•Jerry Lewis•Andrea King•Ilona Massey
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Hotel Berlin is an American drama film set in Berlin near the close of World War II, made by Warner Bros. in late 1944 to early 1945. Directed by Peter Godfrey, it stars Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey and Andrea King. It is based on the novel Hotel Berlin by Vicki Baum, a sequel to Menschen im Hotel, which was itself adapted to film a...
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Paul Henreid•Brenda Marshall•Ingrid Bergman
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American black comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name. The contract with the play's producers stipulated that the film would not be released until the Broadway run ended. The origi...
Starring: Kay Kyser•Jerry Lewis•Paul Henreid•Margaret Tallichet•Ginny Simms
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
The Mask of Dimitrios is a 1944 American film noir directed by Jean Negulesco and written by Frank Gruber, based on the 1939 novel of the same title written by Eric Ambler.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Andrea King
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Passage to Marseille, also known as Message to Marseille, is a 1944 American war film made by Warner Brothers, directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay was by Casey Robinson and Jack Moffitt from the novel Sans Patrie by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography was by James Wong Howe.
Starring: Kirk Douglas•David Wayne•Jerry Lewis•Andrea King
Background to Danger (1943)
Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy film starring George Raft and featuring Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.
Starring: George Coulouris•Jerry Lewis•Dan Duryea•Andrea King
The Constant Nymph (1943)
The Constant Nymph is a 1943 romantic drama film starring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Coburn, May Whitty, and Peter Lorre with a famous score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It was adapted by Kathryn Scola from the 1924 novel of the same name by Margaret Kennedy and the 1926 play by Kennedy and Basil Dean and di...
Starring: Robert Alda•Jerry Lewis•Victor Francen
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, es...
Starring: Kirk Douglas•David Wayne•Jerry Lewis•George Nader•Gina Lollobrigida•Denholm Elliott
Invisible Agent (1942)
Invisible Agent is a 1942 American action and spy film directed by Edwin L. Marin with a screenplay written by Curt Siodmak. The invisible agent is played by Jon Hall, with Peter Lorre and Sir Cedric Hardwicke as members of the Axis, and Ilona Massey and Albert Basserman as Allied spies.
Starring: .•Jerry Lewis•Charles Waldron
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
The Face Behind the Mask is a 1941 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Peter Lorre. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Jarrico, Arthur Levinson, and Allen Vincent from the play Interim, written by Thomas Edward O'Connell.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Edward Arnold
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre a...
Starring: Jean Hersholt•Kirk Douglas•Warner Baxter•Jerry Lewis•Joseph Schildkraut•Andrea King
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Mr. District Attorney is a 1941 American comedy film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film was based on the long running and popular radio series Mr. District Attorney. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson and Charles Arnt. The film was released on March...
Starring: Mary Astor•Jerry Lewis•Victor McLaglen
They Met in Bombay (1941)
They Met in Bombay is a 1941 American adventure drama film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell, with Peter Lorre.
Starring: Dolores del Río•Brian Donlevy•Jerry Lewis
Island of Doomed Men (1940)
Island of Doomed Men is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Charles Barton and starring Peter Lorre.
Starring: Helen Wood•Jerry Lewis•Rochelle Hudson
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir directed by Boris Ingster and starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, and Charles Waldron, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr. It was written by Frank Partos. Modern research has shown that Nathanael West wrote the final version of the screenplay, but was uncredited.
Starring: Clark Gable•Jerry Lewis•Marian Marsh
You'll Find Out (1940)
You'll Find Out is a 1940 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Kay Kyser. In 1940, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 13th Academy Awards. In the film, members of an orchestra hired to play at a young heiress's birthday party uncover a plot against her. The film was very popular and made ...
Starring: Mary Astor•Jerry Lewis•Ward Bond•Walter Connolly•Henry Wilcoxon
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt and Amanda Duff. It is part of the Mr. Moto series of films.
Starring: Jon Hall•Jerry Lewis
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Mr Moto Takes A Vacation (1939) is a Norman Foster-directed entry in the Mr. Moto film series, with Lionel Atwill and Joseph Schildkraut and George P. Huntley, Jr, as Archie Featherstone, in supporting roles.
Starring: Florence Rice•Jerry Lewis•Ilona Massey
I'll Give a Million (1938)
I'll Give a Million is a 1938 American romance film directed by Walter Lang. It is a remake of the Italian film Darò un milione (1935).
Starring: Jon Hall•Helen Parrish•Jerry Lewis
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Mr. Moto's Gamble is the third film in the Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre as the title character. It is best remembered for originating as a movie in the Charlie Chan series and being changed to a Mr. Moto entry at the last minute.
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Thomas Beck•Keye Luke
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance is the fourth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto, although it was the second one actually filmed, following Think Fast, Mr. Moto. Its release was delayed until after production of Thank You, Mr. Moto and Mr Moto's Gamble.
Starring: Helen Wood•Jerry Lewis
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
Mysterious Mr. Moto, produced in 1938 by Twentieth Century Fox, is the fifth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto.
Starring: Virginia Field•Jerry Lewis•Elisha Cook Jr.
Lancer Spy (1937)
Lancer Spy is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Dolores Del Rio and George Sanders. Its plot concerns an Englishman who impersonates a German officer and a female German spy who falls in love with him.
Starring: Robert Wilcox•Jerry Lewis•George Sanders
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre.
Starring: Mary Maguire•Dennis O'Keefe•Douglas Fowley•Jerry Lewis
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
Think Fast, Mr. Moto is a 1937 film directed by Norman Foster and featuring a mysterious Japanese detective named Mr. Moto. It is the first of eight films in the Mr. Moto series, all based on the character Mr. Moto created by John P. Marquand. The film stars Peter Lorre as the title character, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck and Sig Ruman. Mr. Moto wor...
Starring: Jerry Lewis•Evelyn Keyes•Ilona Massey
Crack-Up (1936)
Crack-Up is a 1936 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Peter Lorre plays a harmless, half-addled aircraft enthusiast who is actually a ruthless spy desperate to get his hands on the blueprints for an experimental aircraft. He faces off against Ace Martin, played by Brian Donlevy, the pilot of the aircraft, whose motives are spurred by feel...
Starring: Kay Kyser•Jerry Lewis•Margaret Tallichet
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Crime and Punishment is a 1935 American drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov.
Starring: Ginny Simms•Colin Clive•Jerry Lewis
Mad Love (1935)
Mad Love is a 1935 American horror film, an adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel The Hands of Orlac. It was directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund, and stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac. The plot revolves around Doctor Gogol's obsession with actress Yvonne Orlac. When Stephen Or...
Starring: Marian Marsh•Frances Drake•Jerry Lewis