The Beast With Five Fingers

The Beast With Five Fingers

1947 | 1h 28m | Horror | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

After a paralyzed pianist's fatal fall, murder and violence ensue...leaving survivors pointing the finger at the late musician's disembodied hand! Robert Alda, Andrea King, and the legendary Peter Lorre star in this 1946 horror classic.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Florey

CAST

Robert Alda

Andrea King

Peter Lorre

Victor Francen

J. Carrol Naish

Charles Dingle

John Alvin

David Hoffman

Barbara Brown

Patricia Barry

William Edmunds

PRODUCERS

William Jacobs

WRITERS

Curt Siodmak

William Fryer Harvey

Host Intros

02:09
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Beast With Five Fingers (1946)
Intro Aired: Oct 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Beast With Five Fingers, 1946.

Related Videos

03:47
Beast With Five Fingers, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) He Would Have Killed Me
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Nurse Julie (Andrea King) sits with stricken pianist Ingram (Victor Francen), who has recently assaulted his secretary Hilary (Peter Lorre), and who then takes an ill-advised trip from his bedroom, weirdness by director Robert Florey, in The Beast With Five Fingers, 1947.
03:46
Beast With Five Fingers, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Leave Me Alone!
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Former musician Conrad (Robert Alda) visits the Italian Alpine villa where one-armed pianist Ingram (Victor Francen) and nurse Julie (Andrea King) await, creepy aide Hilary (Peter Lorre) lurking, early in Robert Florey's The Beast With Five Fingers, 1947.
03:12
Beast With Five Fingers, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I Couldn't Be Mistaken
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Lawyer Duprex (David Hoffman) is messing with the will of dead pianist "Ingram," when a hand wearing his ring visits, then nurse Julie (Andrea King), would-be heir Arlington (Charles Dingle) and weird secretary Hilary (Peter Lorre) are awakened by music, in The Beast With Five Fingers, 1947.
02:02
Beast With Five Fingers - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
After a famous pianist's murder, his hand returns to wreak vengeance in The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) starring Peter Lorre.

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