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Director:
Robert Florey
Writers:
William Fryer Harvey (story)
Curt Siodmak (writer)
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Release Date:
8 February 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
You've never seen the like of it! more
Plot:
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Alda ... Bruce Conrad

Andrea King ... Julie Holden

Peter Lorre ... Hilary Cummins
Victor Francen ... Francis Ingram
J. Carrol Naish ... Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
Charles Dingle ... Mr. Arlington - Ingram's elder heir
John Alvin ... Donald Arlington - younger heir
David Hoffman ... Duprex - Ingram's atty.
Barbara Brown ... Mrs. Miller - Gullible tourist

Patricia Barry ... Clara (as Patricia White)
William Edmunds ... Antonio - Ingram's servant
Belle Mitchell ... Giovanna
Ray Walker ... Edward Miller - gullible tourist
Pedro de Cordoba ... Horatio - sidewalk cafe waiter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:(Banned) (1947) | USA:Approved (PCA #11334, General Audience)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Luis Buñuel wrote in his autobiography ("My Last Sigh"), he was employed by Warner Bros. and submitted a story idea for a horror movie about a disembodied hand. more

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Vintege horror at its very best, 14 November 2005
10/10
Author: Chris Gaskin from Derby, England

The Beast with Five Fngers has to be one of the best classic horrors ever made, along with The Haunting (1963).

A pianist is killed, possibly murdered after he falls down the stairs in his creepy mansion. After his death, strange things start happening including the piano playing on its own accord and the strange behaviour of the secretary. Then murders start to take place and these turn out to be the work of the pianist's severed hand, which haunts the mansion.

With creepy music by Max Steinor, a howling wind and windows slamming open and shut, all these things make this movie very scary.

The excellent cast includes a creepy performance by Peter Lorre (Mad Love, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Robert Alda, Andrea King and J Carrol Naish (The Monster Maker).

This is a must for all horror fans. Excellent and scary.

Rating: 5 stars out of 5.

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