Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

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Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

1996

0h 45m

6.0(1 votes)

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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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9 members

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Richard Kiley

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Andrea King

Self

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Barbara Eden

Self

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Cathy Barnett

Self

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Hazel Court

Self

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Lawrence Lorre

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Vincent Sherman

Self

Acting

Peter Lorre

Self (archive footage)

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Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

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