Nov 01, 1996
45 min
Full-HD

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace (1996)

Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril.

Category

Documentary TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

A+E Studios Twentieth Television Van Ness Films Foxstar Productions

Richard Kiley

Self - Narrator (voice)

Andrea King

Self

Barbara Eden

Self

Cathy Barnett

Self

Hazel Court

Self

Lawrence Lorre

Self

Vincent Sherman

Self

Peter Lorre

Self (archive footage)

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