Movie: Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

Top 10 Billed Cast

Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley

Self - Narrator (voice)

Andrea King
Andrea King

Self

Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden

Self

Cathy Barnett
Cathy Barnett

Self

Hazel Court
Hazel Court

Self

Lawrence Lorre
Lawrence Lorre

Self

Vincent Sherman
Vincent Sherman

Self

Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Sydney Greenstreet
Sydney Greenstreet

Self (archive footage)

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    Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril.

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    1996-11-01

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