Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Born: June 26, 1904
Died: March 23, 1964
in Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Peter Lorre (26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.

He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. Later he became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series.

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Movies for Peter Lorre...

A Physical History of 'M'
Title: A Physical History of 'M'
Character: Hans Beckert (archive)
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: Movie
This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used as the basis for this edition. It includes a look at the French-language version of M but was produced before the discovery of the English-language version.
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Title: Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Character: Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!
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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Title: Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Title: Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
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Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Title: Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Character: Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
Released: March 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for another exciting quest in Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb. Ace Zucco has a new partner, reporter Fay Kendall, who is more than a match for the rowdy photographer. Daily Dispatch editor Mac sends them on assignment accompanying his niece Kate as she tries to find Rick Banning, her fiancée, an archeologist who disappeared while working in Egypt. A letter from Rick directs them to Lord Darby in England. The trail takes them from London to Scotland and finally to Egypt where they discover more than they bargained for as they search for the lost city of Lemuria.
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Moto Is Missing
Title: Moto Is Missing
Character: Mr. Moto (archive footage, various Moto films)
Released: February 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Featurette about the demise, during the early 1940s, of the once-popular Mr. Moto B-films series that starred Peter Lorre.
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Title: Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: April 22, 2003
Type: Movie
This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives behind-the-scenes glimpses of how this film was made with interviews by musical director Andre Previn and supporting actress Janis Paige.
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Heroes of Horror
Title: Heroes of Horror
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lots or archive footage from some the greatest horror films committed to celluloid.
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Bogart: The Untold Story
Title: Bogart: The Untold Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.
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Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Title: Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril.
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Title: John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.
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Creepy Classics
Title: Creepy Classics
Character: Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.
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The Double Face of Peter Lorre
Title: The Double Face of Peter Lorre
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: Movie
Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This character has held a peculiar fascination for generations of cinephiles. However, at the time, whilst such success meant recognition, it also weighed on the Hungarian actor as a constrictive burden. Using photographs and film extracts, Das doppelte Gesicht reconstructs the ups and downs of Lorre's career, taking into consideration the economic imperatives and workings of the film industry at the time. (Arnold Hohmann, 1984)
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The Horror of It All
Title: The Horror of It All
Character: Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
Released: February 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
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The Hollywood Clowns
Title: The Hollywood Clowns
Character: (archive footage)
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
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(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato
Title: (Sin título) Descartes Arrebato
Character: Hans Beckert - Archive footage
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Recovered Zulueta short.
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Title: Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 11, 1975
Type: TV
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Title: The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 20, 1974
Type: Movie
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
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The Movie Orgy
Title: The Movie Orgy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
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The Dinosaur and the Baby
Title: The Dinosaur and the Baby
Character: Hans Beckert (archive footage)
Released: March 15, 1967
Type: Movie
An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more. (Filmed in 1964 but released for TV in 1967.)
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The Patsy
Title: The Patsy
Character: Morgan Heywood
Released: June 24, 1964
Type: Movie
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man chosen, bellboy Stanley Belt (Lewis), can't do anything right. The TV show is getting closer, and Stanley is getting worse.
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Muscle Beach Party
Title: Muscle Beach Party
Character: Mr. Strangdour
Released: March 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
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The Comedy of Terrors
Title: The Comedy of Terrors
Character: Felix Gillie
Released: January 22, 1964
Type: Movie
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.
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Title: Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character: Frederick Bergen
Released: October 10, 1963
Type: TV
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.
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The Raven
Title: The Raven
Character: Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Released: January 25, 1963
Type: Movie
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon
Title: Five Weeks in a Balloon
Character: Ahmed
Released: August 22, 1962
Type: Movie
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
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Tales of Terror
Title: Tales of Terror
Character: Montresor ("The Black Cat")
Released: July 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
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Title: The Gertrude Berg Show
Released: October 4, 1961
Type: TV
The Gertrude Berg Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 4, 1961 to April 5, 1962. The series centers on Sarah Green, played by Gertrude Berg, a 62-year-old widow who enrolls to college.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Title: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Character: Comm. Lucius Emery
Released: July 12, 1961
Type: Movie
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
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Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Title: Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Character: The Colonel
Released: July 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Sebastian must either deliver a young Arab prince to Russia or get him back safely to his own country. The episode aired in the US in 1959, and in theaters in the UK in 1961 -- supporting the movie Wild in the Country with Elvis Prestley
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Title: Route 66
Released: October 7, 1960
Type: TV
Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season. Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.
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Title: Checkmate
Released: September 17, 1960
Type: TV
Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue Studios. Guest stars included Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, and Lee Marvin, among many other commensurately prominent performers.
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Scent of Mystery
Title: Scent of Mystery
Character: Smiley
Released: January 12, 1960
Type: Movie
An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.
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The Big Circus
Title: The Big Circus
Character: Skeeter
Released: July 5, 1959
Type: Movie
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Victor Laurier
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: The Gypsy
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Hell Ship Mutiny
Title: Hell Ship Mutiny
Character: Lamoret
Released: December 6, 1957
Type: Movie
A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business.
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Collector’s Item
Title: Collector’s Item
Character: Mr. Munsey
Released: December 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to appraise a vast collection of a recently deceased collector, Van der Locken, when he receives an unwanted visit from Ivor Hager, who informs him of "The Left Fist of David," a valuable but mysterious art object that was stolen from a Mexican church. An unsold TV Pilot
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The Sad Sack
Title: The Sad Sack
Character: Abdul
Released: November 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.
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The Story of Mankind
Title: The Story of Mankind
Character: Nero
Released: November 8, 1957
Type: Movie
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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Silk Stockings
Title: Silk Stockings
Character: Brankov, Commisar
Released: June 28, 1957
Type: Movie
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
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The Buster Keaton Story
Title: The Buster Keaton Story
Character: Kurt Bergner
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
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The Last Tycoon
Title: The Last Tycoon
Character: Pete Zavras
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Steward
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Congo Crossing
Title: Congo Crossing
Character: Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
Released: July 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.
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Meet Me in Las Vegas
Title: Meet Me in Las Vegas
Released: March 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
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No. 5 Checked Out
Title: No. 5 Checked Out
Character: Willy
Released: January 18, 1956
Type: Movie
A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character: Moyzisch
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Tomas Salgado / Carlos
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Abbott / The General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Tomas Salgado
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: Conseil
Released: December 23, 1954
Type: Movie
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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Operation Undersea
Title: Operation Undersea
Character: Self
Released: December 8, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Disneyland Story
Title: The Disneyland Story
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily on the career of Mickey Mouse.
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Title: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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Casino Royale
Title: Casino Royale
Character: Le Chiffre
Released: October 21, 1954
Type: Movie
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Normie
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Benny Kellerman
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Mr. Vorhees
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Mr. Ho
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Le Chiffre
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: The George Gobel Show
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 1954
Type: TV
The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.
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Title: Studio 57
Released: September 21, 1954
Type: TV
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
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Beat the Devil
Title: Beat the Devil
Character: Julius O'Hara
Released: November 26, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: The Red Skelton Show
Character: King Zurium
Released: September 30, 1951
Type: TV
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
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Title: The Red Skelton Show
Character: Boris - Chief Spy
Released: September 30, 1951
Type: TV
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
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Title: The Red Skelton Show
Character: Mad Scientist
Released: September 30, 1951
Type: TV
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
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The Lost One
Title: The Lost One
Character: Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
Released: September 7, 1951
Type: Movie
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.
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Title: The Jack Benny Program
Character: Luverne Goodheart
Released: October 28, 1950
Type: TV
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Richard Pratt
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Double Confession
Title: Double Confession
Character: Paynter
Released: April 30, 1950
Type: Movie
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
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Quicksand
Title: Quicksand
Character: Nick Dramoshag
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Rope of Sand
Title: Rope of Sand
Character: Toady
Released: August 3, 1949
Type: Movie
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
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Title: Suspense
Released: January 6, 1949
Type: TV
Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early television programs, the show was broadcast live from New York City. It was sponsored by the Auto-Lite corporation, and each episode was introduced by host Rex Marshall, who promoted Auto-Lite spark plugs, car batteries, headlights, and other car parts. Some of the early scripts were adapted from Suspense radio scripts, while others were original for television. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed. Many notable actors appeared on the program, including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Franchot Tone, Robert Emhardt, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, and many more. The program was a live television series, but most episodes were recorded on kinescope. However, only about 90 of the 260 episodes survive today.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Casbah
Title: Casbah
Character: Slimane
Released: April 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
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My Favorite Brunette
Title: My Favorite Brunette
Character: Kismet
Released: March 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
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The Beast with Five Fingers
Title: The Beast with Five Fingers
Character: Hilary Cummins
Released: February 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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The Verdict
Title: The Verdict
Character: Victor Emmric
Released: November 23, 1946
Type: Movie
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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The Chase
Title: The Chase
Character: Gino
Released: November 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
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Black Angel
Title: Black Angel
Character: Marko
Released: August 2, 1946
Type: Movie
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
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Three Strangers
Title: Three Strangers
Character: Johnny West
Released: January 28, 1946
Type: Movie
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
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Confidential Agent
Title: Confidential Agent
Character: Contreras
Released: November 2, 1945
Type: Movie
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Hotel Berlin
Title: Hotel Berlin
Character: Johannes Koenig
Released: March 2, 1945
Type: Movie
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.
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Hollywood Canteen
Title: Hollywood Canteen
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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The Conspirators
Title: The Conspirators
Character: Jan Bernazsky
Released: October 24, 1944
Type: Movie
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
Title: Arsenic and Old Lace
Character: Dr. Einstein
Released: September 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
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The Mask of Dimitrios
Title: The Mask of Dimitrios
Character: Cornelius Leyden
Released: June 23, 1944
Type: Movie
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
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Passage to Marseille
Title: Passage to Marseille
Character: Marius
Released: March 11, 1944
Type: Movie
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
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The Cross of Lorraine
Title: The Cross of Lorraine
Character: Sergeant Berger
Released: November 12, 1943
Type: Movie
French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.
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Background to Danger
Title: Background to Danger
Character: Nikolai Zaleshoff
Released: July 3, 1943
Type: Movie
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
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The Constant Nymph
Title: The Constant Nymph
Character: Fritz Bercovy
Released: June 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
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Casablanca
Title: Casablanca
Character: Ugarte
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
Title: Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
Character: Secret Agent
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines.
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The Boogie Man Will Get You
Title: The Boogie Man Will Get You
Character: Dr. Arthur Lorentz
Released: October 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
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Invisible Agent
Title: Invisible Agent
Character: Baron Ikito
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
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All Through the Night
Title: All Through the Night
Character: Pepi
Released: January 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
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The Maltese Falcon
Title: The Maltese Falcon
Character: Joel Cairo
Released: October 18, 1941
Type: Movie
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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They Met in Bombay
Title: They Met in Bombay
Character: Captain Chang
Released: June 27, 1941
Type: Movie
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: Paul Hyde
Released: March 27, 1941
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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The Face Behind the Mask
Title: The Face Behind the Mask
Character: Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Released: January 16, 1941
Type: Movie
In this low-budget thriller, Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a skilled craftsman. After he's caught in a fire, his face is horribly scarred; his terrifying appearance makes it impossible for him to get a job. With nowhere else to turn, Janos begins working for the criminal underworld. Janos begins having second thoughts about his life of crime when he falls in love.
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The Eternal Jew
Title: The Eternal Jew
Character: Hans Beckert (archive footage)
Released: November 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.
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You'll Find Out
Title: You'll Find Out
Character: Professor Karl Fenninger
Released: November 22, 1940
Type: Movie
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
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Stranger on the Third Floor
Title: Stranger on the Third Floor
Character: The Stranger
Released: August 16, 1940
Type: Movie
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Island of Doomed Men
Title: Island of Doomed Men
Character: Stephen Danel
Released: May 20, 1940
Type: Movie
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.
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I Was an Adventuress
Title: I Was an Adventuress
Character: Polo
Released: May 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
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Strange Cargo
Title: Strange Cargo
Character: M'sieu Pig
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Character: Mr. Moto
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Title: Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Character: Kentaro Moto
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Title: Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Character: Mr. Kentaro Moto
Released: January 20, 1939
Type: Movie
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
Title: Mysterious Mr. Moto
Character: Mr. Moto
Released: September 17, 1938
Type: Movie
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
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I'll Give a Million
Title: I'll Give a Million
Character: Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
Released: July 27, 1938
Type: Movie
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Character: Mr. Moto
Released: June 11, 1938
Type: Movie
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble
Title: Mr. Moto's Gamble
Character: Kentaro Moto
Released: April 7, 1938
Type: Movie
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
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Thank You, Mr. Moto
Title: Thank You, Mr. Moto
Character: Mr. Moto
Released: December 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan's tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn't the only one stalking the scrolls—so is a shadowy band of thieves. But when his ruthless rivals go too far, the mild-mannered detective's quest for antiquities becomes a passion for vengeance—because if he can't bring these villains to justice... he'll bring them to their knees.
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Lancer Spy
Title: Lancer Spy
Character: Maj. Sigfried Gruning
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Title: Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Character: Kentaro Moto
Released: July 23, 1937
Type: Movie
When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai, Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice...even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice!
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Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Title: Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Character: Professor Sturm
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.
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Crack-Up
Title: Crack-Up
Character: Colonel Gimpy
Released: December 14, 1936
Type: Movie
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
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Secret Agent
Title: Secret Agent
Character: The General
Released: May 31, 1936
Type: Movie
After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
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Crime and Punishment
Title: Crime and Punishment
Character: Roderick Raskolnikov
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.
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Mad Love
Title: Mad Love
Character: Doctor Gogol
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character: Abbott
Released: December 1, 1934
Type: Movie
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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High and Low
Title: High and Low
Character: Beggar
Released: December 8, 1933
Type: Movie
The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid hired by the wife of a baron,whom both the athlete and a baron flirt with,and a deadbeat tenant who fakes his suicide.
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Unsichtbare Gegner
Title: Unsichtbare Gegner
Character: Henry Pless
Released: September 26, 1933
Type: Movie
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The Oil Sharks
Title: The Oil Sharks
Character: Henry Pless
Released: July 14, 1933
Type: Movie
The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.
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What Women Dream
Title: What Women Dream
Character: Otto Fuessli
Released: April 19, 1933
Type: Movie
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
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F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Title: F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Character: Bildreporter Johnny
Released: December 22, 1932
Type: Movie
F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.
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Stupéfiants
Title: Stupéfiants
Character: The Hunchback
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked.
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The White Demon
Title: The White Demon
Character: Hunchback
Released: November 19, 1932
Type: Movie
When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase.
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A Shot at Dawn
Title: A Shot at Dawn
Character: Klotz
Released: July 17, 1932
Type: Movie
A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.
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Five from the Jazzband
Title: Five from the Jazzband
Character: Car Thief
Released: March 19, 1932
Type: Movie
By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre “Trocadero”. Unfortunately, she knows nothing about music and it doesn’t help that all four musicians are in love with her. Jessie doesn’t reciprocate their feelings, because she has a thing for Martin. Unfortunately, Martin believes that Jessie stole his car … and so, right before the premiere at the cabaret, she ends up in jail.
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A Man's a Man
Title: A Man's a Man
Released: December 31, 1931
Type: Movie
About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the perfect soldier.
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The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.
Title: The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.
Character: Redakteur Stix
Released: December 2, 1931
Type: Movie
In the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms (the hotel just has five). This event, probably the biggest in 300 years, starts a small wave of modernisation, yet everybody is wondering who O.F. is. Journalist Stix and architect Stark have an idea how to use this event. They proclaim, that O.F. is a former citizen of the town, who became a millionaire abroad. They tell their fellow citizens that the town still needs modernisation, like better hotels, nightclubs, shops, etc. And soon, Ostend is a boomtown, then a capital. The architect, responsible for the new buildings is finaly allowed to marry the mayor's daughter, while Stix marries the cabaret star and the widowed mayor his new secretary. The only problem is, O.F. hasn't shown up, while finance experts from all over the world are trying to solve the depression problem.
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Bombs Over Monte Carlo
Title: Bombs Over Monte Carlo
Character: Pawlitschek
Released: August 31, 1931
Type: Movie
The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.
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Title: M
Character: Hans Beckert
Released: May 11, 1931
Type: Movie
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
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The Missing Wife
Title: The Missing Wife
Character: Patient of a Dentist
Released: March 22, 1929
Type: Movie
An Austrian silent comedy crime film.