The Beast With Five Fingers (1946)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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01.27.09
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Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
Movie Tagline:
You've never seen the like of it!
Title: Beast With Five Fingers, The
Release Date: December 25, 1946
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.4
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.4 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With B
MPAA Rating: Approved
Director(s):
Robert Florey
Cast:
Robert Alda ...Bruce Conrad
Andrea King ...Julie Holden
Peter Lorre ...Hilary Cummins
Victor Francen ...Francis Ingram
J. Carrol Naish ...Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
Charles Dingle ...Mr. Arlington - Ingram's elder heir
John Alvin ...Donald Arlington - younger heir
David Hoffman ...Duprex - Ingram's atty.
Barbara Brown ...Mrs. Miller - Gullible tourist
Patricia Barry ...Clara (as Patricia White)
William Edmunds ...Antonio - Ingram's servant
Belle Mitchell ...Giovanna
Ray Walker ...Edward Miller - gullible tourist
Pedro de Cordoba ...Horatio - sidewalk cafe waiter
Antonio Filauri ...Driver of tourist bus
Lottie Williams ...Tourist
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
William Jacobs
Jack L. Warner
Writer(s):
William Fryer Harvey
Curt Siodmak
Composer(s):
Max Steiner
More Movie Taglines:
- You've never seen the like of it!
- A Sensation of Screaming Suspense!
- It walks like a spider... it stalks like a cobra!
Movie Trivia:
- Luis Buñuel wrote in his autobiography ("My Last Sigh"), he was employed by Warner Bros. and submitted a story idea for a horror movie about a disembodied hand.
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This was Peter Lorre's last film for Warner Bros.
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Though called "Bruce Conrad" in the script, Robert Alda is billed as "Conrad Ryler"; Charles Dingle is billed as "Raymond Arlington"; Ray Walker is billed as "Mr. Miller".
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The piece of piano music played by Francis Ingram (Victor Francen) and later, his disembodied left hand, is the Bach Chaconne in D minor, as arranged to be played by the left hand alone by Johannes Brahms. It was selected by Max Steiner because the story required a piece of music that could be performed by a pianist with only his left hand, and Steiner, who was born in Vienna and whose family were friendly with Brahms, rather than composing his own original piece, immediately recognized its potential in underscoring such a grim tale.
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Keywords:
Murder, Severed Hand, Astrology, Book, Visual Hallucination ...[more]
Keywords All:
Mausoleum, Musician, Inheritance, Bullying, Strangulation, Disembodied Hand, Superstition, Accidental Death, Multiple Suspects, Last Will, Breaking The Fourth Wall, Ring, Contested Will, Evil Lawyer, Criminally Insane, Police Commissario, Good Versus Evil, Auditory Hallucination, Scheming Relative, Fall Down Stairs, Italy, Beautiful Woman, Orchestral Music Score, Piano, Wheelchair, Money Scheme, Number In Title
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Rating: 7.4 out of 10.0 - 62 votes cast total
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