The Beast with Five Fingers

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black-and-white film film horror film supernatural horror film

The Beast with Five Fingers is a 1946 atmospheric horror film in which Peter Lorre stars in a macabre tale about a disembodied hand terrorizing a secluded Italian mansion.

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Label	Occurrences
The Beast with Five Fingers canonical	12
"The Beast with Five Fingers"	1
The Beast with Five Fingers (short story)	1
The Beast with Five Fingers and Other Tales	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ horror film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ
basedOn	The Beast with Five Fingers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Beast with Five Fingers (short story)
basedOnAuthor	W. F. Harvey ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy	Peter Lorre ⓘ
cinematography	Wesley Anderson ⓘ
colorProcess	black and white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Robert Florey ⓘ
distributedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	Frank Magee ⓘ
era	1940s American horror cinema ⓘ
filmFormat	35 mm ⓘ
genre	horror ⓘ mystery ⓘ supernatural ⓘ
hasTheme	greed ⓘ madness ⓘ supernatural revenge ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hilary Cummins ⓘ
musicBy	Max Steiner ⓘ
notableFor	atmospheric horror style ⓘ use of disembodied hand special effects ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotElement	disembodied hand ⓘ haunted mansion ⓘ
producer	William Jacobs ⓘ
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate	1946-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear	1946 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	88 ⓘ
screenwriter	Curt Siodmak ⓘ William Fryer Harvey ⓘ
settingLocation	Italy ⓘ
settingType	secluded mansion ⓘ
starring	Andrea King ⓘ Charles Dingle ⓘ J. Carrol Naish ⓘ John Alvin ⓘ Peter Lorre ⓘ Robert Alda ⓘ Victor Francen ⓘ

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Peter Lorre → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

The Beast with Five Fingers → basedOn → The Beast with Five Fingers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Beast with Five Fingers (short story)

László Löwenstein → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

J. Carrol Naish → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

William Fryer Harvey → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

William Fryer Harvey → hasCollectionOfStories → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Beast with Five Fingers and Other Tales

Hilary Cummins → appearsIn → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

Hilary Cummins → drivesPlotIn → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

Frank Magee → workedOn → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

this entity surface form: "The Beast with Five Fingers"

Robert Florey → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

Curt Siodmak → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

Andrea King → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

Andrea King → workedOn → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

Victor Francen → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ

John Alvin → notableWork → The Beast with Five Fingers ⓘ