Peter Lorre's ashes rest in this niche at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, along with those of his third wife. PHOTO by Hyde Flippo
Feature Films
M (M: Dein Mörder sieht Dich an, 1931) - US release (Paramount) 1933 > Buy the Criterion DVD
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, UK) - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and better in some ways than his own 1956 remake (without Lorre) > Buy the DVD
Crime and Punishment (1935) - Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Lorre stars with Edward Arnold and Marian Marsh in this Hollywood version of Dostoyevsky's novel.
Mad Love (1935, US) - Directed by Karl Freund; a remake of 1924's "The Hands of Orlac"
PETER LORRE D V D s - V I D E O S
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) - The first of eight Lorre-as-Mr. Moto films made between 1937 and 1939
Island of Doomed Men (1940) - Leonard Maltin: “Low-grade melodrama even Lorre can't save as man who traps unsuspecting victims on island, turns them into his slaves.”
The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Mary Astor. A film noir classic! > Buy the DVD
BOOK: Dark City - Film noir by Eddie Muller > Buy the Book
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) with Cary Grant, Priscila Lane and Raymond Massey > Buy the DVD
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) with Sidney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson
The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) - Yet another "Hands of Orlac" retread
Three Strangers (1946) - The strangers are Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet and Geraldine Fitzgerald
Casbah (1948) with Yvonne de Carlo, Tony Martin, and Lorre as a police detective. The third remake of the French film "Pepe le Moko" (1937). "Algiers" (1938) was the second, and Austrian Hedy Lamarr's first Hollywood film.
Rope of Sand (1949) with Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid. Directed by German William Dieterle.
Der Verlorene (Germany, 1951) - Lorre played Dr. Karl Rothe in this German production.
Beat the Devil (1954) - John Huston directed this satire of "The Maltese Falcon" and an underrated cult favorite today. Lorre joined Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollabrigida for the fun on location in Italy. > Buy the DVD
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - Disney's Jules Verne classic, with a singing Kirk Douglas and a rather portly Lorre; directed by Richard Fleischer. Now on a new special edition DVD > Buy the DVD
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - Another Jules Verne adventure filmed in Todd-AO widescreen, starring almost everyone in the world. Lorre has a cameo as a Japanese steward.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) - A sci-fi adventure with Walter Pidgeon as an admiral and Lorre as Commodore Lucius Emery. > Buy the DVD
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) - Another Jules Verne filmization, with Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke and Fabian
The Raven (1963) - Vincent Price and Lorre team up against Boris Karloff in the first of two horror spoofs directed by Roger Corman. Little connection with its poetical Poe namesake.
Tales of Terror (1962) - A trio of Poe stories with Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone; directed by Roger Corman. > Buy the DVD
Comedy of Terrors (1964) - Lorre's lighter side again, with Karloff and Price also returning from "The Raven." A dash of Basil Rathbone is added this time for good measure.
The Patsy (1964) - Lorre's last movie and one of Jerry Lewis' weakest attempts at humor. If you want to see the same story done better, try The Errand Boy.
