Essential Cinema: The Eyes of Peter Lorre

THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS

Directed by Robert Florey

USA, 1946, 1h 28min, 35mm

Essential Cinema  The Eyes of Peter Lorre

AFS Cinema

6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752

Pricing

$13.50 evening / $11 matinee (available M-F for shows before 6 PM)

$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.

Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.

We’re not sure why Peter Lorre is in multiple horror films about severed hands, but we’re also not complaining. In this one — based on a novel by Curt Siodmak, directed by sometimes-avant-garde filmmaker Robert Florey, and with possible uncredited assistance in the story department from Luis Buñuel — the hand is what’s driving Peter Lorre into a highly entertaining mental health crisis. By this point in this series, you should know how unmissable that is. In 35mm.

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