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  • DVD Tuesday: Peter Lorre as the Father of All Serial Killers | Ask FlickChick | 4/15/2008
    DVD Tuesday: M, Peter Lorre and Fritz Lang: The serial killer thriller is born!I just received a copy of Jon J Muth's stunning four-part 1990 graphic-novel adaptation of the groundbreaking serial killer film, M, newly reissued by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and it inspired me to recommend Fritz Lang's 1931 original.Inspired by the real-life crimes of Peter Kurten, the child-murderer dubbed "monster of Dusseldorf," is a first class thriller driven by the simultaneous pursuit of killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) by the police and the Berlin underworld: Normally bitter enemies, they're united in common revulsion for a murderous pedophile. The police have law and up-to-date technology on their side, but the criminals know the darkness. Lang's brilliant visual touches are haunting: The slashing shadows, the high angle shots that suggest menacing angels hovering over Berlin, children's playthings – a ball, a clown-shaped balloon --set forlornly free as their owners are whisked away, the... read more
  • FlickChick | 11/18/2004
    Question: How many versions of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon have there been, and who was in them? — Cady Fl read more
  • FlickChick | 10/7/2004
    Question: Has it been confirmed that Quentin Tarantino will direct the next James Bond movie? I've also heard that the s read more
  • FlickChick | 7/24/2003
    Question: Not counting the spoof, why has there never been a real James Bond movie called Casino Royale? — Ryan F read more
  • FlickChick | 11/1/2001
    Question: I'm looking for an old satire with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. They all run a funeral parlor read more

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Muscle Beach Party (Actor - Mr. Strangdour) 1964 Movie
The Comedy Of Horrors (Actor - Felix Gillie) 1964 Movie
The Patsy (Actor - Morgan Heywood) 1964 Movie
The Raven (Actor - Dr. Adolphus Bedlo) 1963 Movie
Five Weeks In A Balloon (Actor - Ahmed) 1962 Movie

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