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.

Aliases (1)

The Beast with Five Fingers (short story) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black-and-white film → film → horror film → supernatural horror film →
basedOn	The Beast with Five Fingers (short story) →
basedOnAuthor	W. F. Harvey →
characterPortrayedBy	Peter Lorre →
cinematography	Wesley Anderson →
colorProcess	black and white →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Robert Florey →
distributedIn	United States →
distributor	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. →
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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
László Löwenstein → Peter Lorre →	notableWork
The Beast with Five Fingers ("The Beast with Five Fingers (short story)") →	basedOn