TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Peter Lorre.
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Birthdate: June 26, 1904
Death date: March 23, 1964
Peter Lorre
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
2.7242
20
1940s
2.8823
31
1950s
2.3515
12
1960s
2.3311
8
1970s
No Reviews
0
1980s
No Reviews
0
1990s
No Reviews
0
2000s
1.2724
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.6917
2.6917
Peter Lorre Movie Rankings
1
3.9536Expatriate and nightclub owner Rick Blaine is faced with the decision to help an old girlfriend's resistance-fighter husband escape the Nazis at the beginning of WWII. ...more about Casablanca
DVD from $8.04
(20 sellers)
2
3.5377Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed whilst tailing a man. ...more about Maltese Falcon
DVD from $12.89
(18 sellers)
3
3.2920A child murder is on the loose in the streets of the German city of Dusseldorf. With the police unable to locate the murderer the towns people begin to panic. Even the normal criminals are upset and nervous about the situation. ...more about M
DVD from $25.57
(12 sellers)
4
3.1636
The oceans during the late 1860-92s are no longer safe; many ships have been lost. Sailors have returned to port with stories of a vicious narwhal (a giant whale with a long horn) which sinks their ships. ...more about 20
DVD from $12.34
(12 sellers)
5
3.0744
A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, to learn more about the man. ...more about Mask of Dimitrios
- Not Available on DVD
6
3.0644
Kay Kyser and his orchestra are hired to entertain at the birthday party of a young heiress at a creepy old mansion, where they uncover a plot against her life. ...more about You'll Find Out
- Not Available on DVD
7
3.0433
When Phileas Fogg is challenged to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days, he bets his entire fortune and leaves with a new butler on a world tour. This Victorian adventure has a kicker, the bank of England has been robbed. ...more about Around the World in Eighty Days
DVD from $8.49
(15 sellers)
8
3.0288
Rising reporter Michael Ward is a key witness in the murder trial of young Joe Briggs, who is convicted on circumstantial evidence while swearing innocence. ...more about Stranger on the Third Floor
- Not Available on DVD
9
2.9679
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand. ...more about Beast with Five Fingers
- Not Available on DVD
10
2.9323
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. ...more about Tales of Terror
DVD from $9.59
(11 sellers)
11
2.8985
A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. ...more about Beat the Devil
DVD from $3.82
(8 sellers)
12
2.8688
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. ...more about My Favorite Brunette
DVD from $1.99
(5 sellers)
13
2.8635
In Paris, the great surgeon Dr. Gogol falls madly in love with stage actress Yvonne Orlac, and his ardor disturbs her quite a bit when he discovers to his horror that she is married to concert pianist Stephen Orlac. ...more about Mad Love
DVD from $25.55
(10 sellers)
14
2.8100
Kirk Bennett is falsely sentenced to death for killing blackmailer Mavis Marlowe, ex-wife of nice-guy drunk Martin Blair. Bennett's stand-up wife Catherine tries to prove him innocent, enlisting the aid of Blair, who falls in love with her. ...more about Black Angel
DVD from $8.89
(10 sellers)
15
2.7794
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced the pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people in order to get new clients. ...more about Comedy of Terrors
DVD from $49.99
(1 sellers)
16
2.7031
Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old formula but considers it too dangerous to use, even when Axis agents try to get it. But Pearl Harbor brings him to volunteer his own services as an invisible agent in Germany. ...more about Invisible Agent
DVD from $19.19
(13 sellers)
17
2.6255
Bob and Jill Lawrence are on a winter sports holiday with their teenage daughter Betty. When their friend Louis Bernard is shot whilst dancing with Jill, he tells Bob of an assassination about to take place in London. ...more about Man Who Knew Too Much
DVD from $3.95
(13 sellers)
18
2.6025
The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star who was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where he was ordered to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film. ...more about Prisoner of Paradise
- Not Available on DVD
19
2.5524
Verne wants nothing more than to escape from a penal colony located off the northern coast of South America. He tries to involve Julie, a saloon girl, in his plans but she turns him in to the authorities. ...more about Strange Cargo
- Not Available on DVD
20
2.4958
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team, decides to train a nobody to fill the shoes of the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man they choose, bellboy Stanley Belt, cant do anything right. ...more about Patsy
DVD from $7.18
(13 sellers)
22
2.4382
According to a legend, if three strangers gather before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny) on the night of the Chinese New Year and make a common wish, Kwan Yin will open her eyes and her heart and grant the wish. ...more about Three Strangers
- Not Available on DVD
23
2.4169
During the Spanish Civil War, a republican courier travels to England to try and buy coal. He meets with an amount of local hostility, while his life is at risk from those on the fascist side. Support comes from an unlikely if attractive quarter. ...more about Confidential Agent
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.4017
The best-laid plans of jewel thief Gable and lady crook Russell fall apart when the thief unintentionally becomes a hero while posing as a British officer. ...more about They Met in Bombay
- Not Available on DVD
25
2.3797
Admiral Nelson takes a brand new atomic submarine through its paces. When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, the admiral must find a way to beat the heat or watch the world go up in smoke. ...more about Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.3299
Second Beach Party movie has Frankie, Dee Dee, and the beach gang hitting the Malibu beach for another summer of surfing only to find their hangout beach threatened by a small gang of muscle bodybuilders, led by the dim-witted coach Jack Fanny, who move ...more about Muscle Beach Party
DVD from $19.99
(2 sellers)
27
2.3013
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. ...more about F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
- Not Available on DVD
28
2.2647
Janos Szaby is a kind, innocent immigrant to America. Just after he arrives though, he is caught in a fire and his face is horribly burned and disfigured. ...more about Face Behind the Mask
DVD from $5.99
(8 sellers)
29
2.2236
Crazy professor Nathaniel Billings is working on creating a race of supermen in the basement of a New England house. He sells the building to a naive woman and her ex-boyfriend to run as a hotel. Billings then teams up with equally crazy Dr. ...more about Boogie Man Will Get You
DVD from $5.99
(9 sellers)
30
2.1278
Ankara in neutral Turkey : World War Two. A town of intrigue and of provocateurs. The Germans are planning to leak maps apparently proving that the Russians are about to invade the country. ...more about Background to Danger
- Not Available on DVD
31
2.1072
Broadway gambler Gloves Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He sees nightclub singer Leda Hamilton leaving the bakery. When her boss Marty's partner Joe is murdered, Leda and her accompanist Pepi disappear. ...more about All Through the Night
DVD from $38.35
(11 sellers)
32
2.0547
During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service. He has to kill a German agent. During the mission he meets a fake general first and then Elsa Carrington who helps him in his duty. ...more about Secret Agent
DVD from $6.49
(13 sellers)
33
1.9862
Returning a lost wallet gains unemployed veteran Chuck Scott a job as chauffeur to Eddie Roman, a seeming gangster whose enemies have a way of meeting violent ends. ...more about Chase
DVD from $3.48
(6 sellers)
34
1.9862
Vincent Van Der Lyn, a Dutch freedom fighter in WWII, is forced to neutral Lisbon to escape the Nazis. There he meets a small band of underground conspirators. ...more about Conspirators
- Not Available on DVD
35
1.9620
The council of elders of outer space is deliberating on a very important subject: Must mankind be allowed to survive, or is it so esentially evil that it must be destroyed? A devil and an angel act as prosecutor and defense for the human race, and the ...more about Story of Mankind
- Not Available on DVD
36
1.9542
Sadistic Stephen Danel owns a penal island, and when he is not humiliating and mistreating his wife, he is torturing his convict prisoners and using them for slave labor. ...more about Island of Doomed Men
- Not Available on DVD
37
1.9255
Private Meredith Bixby (Jerry Lewis) is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. ...more about Sad Sack
- Not Available on DVD
38
1.9099
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth. ...more about Five Weeks in a Balloon
DVD from $5.99
(11 sellers)
39
1.7976
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. ...more about Silk Stockings
DVD from $13.79
(11 sellers)
40
1.7729
In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. ...more about Raven
DVD from $49.99
(1 sellers)
41
1.6894
Beautiful aviatrix Victoria Mason teams up with Mr. Moto in South East Asia to uncover a murderous village high priest who is trying to overthrow the ruling Rajah Ali. ...more about Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
DVD from $31.37
(11 sellers)
42
1.6894
Mr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil's Island so he can help his cellmate (Ames) escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers. ...more about Mysterious Mr. Moto
DVD from $31.37
(11 sellers)
43
1.6894
Mr Moto competes with a gang of ruthless treasure-hunters for possession of seven scrolls which, when brought together, form a map which reveals the location of the tomb of Genghis Khan, reputed to contain fabulous treasure. ...more about Thank You
DVD from $31.37
(11 sellers)
44
1.6894
Mr Moto encounters mysterious goings-on on a ship bound for Shanghai. He recognises his steward as the murderer of a man in San Francisco, and catches him trying to steal an important letter from the stateroom of another passenger, Robert Hitchings. ...more about Think Fast
DVD from $31.37
(11 sellers)
45
1.5054
Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new waitress Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a fur coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. ...more about Quicksand
DVD from $4.53
(11 sellers)
47
Mortimer Bruster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. ...more about Arsenic and Old Lace
DVD from $8.68
(11 sellers)
49
The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen, who wants to make a cruise to the Med inspite of the fact that the country is broke and the crew didn't get its salary. ...more about Bombs Over Monte Carlo
- Not Available on DVD
51
Pepe Le Moko (Tony Martin) leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. ...more about Casbah
- Not Available on DVD
52
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. ...more about Congo Crossing
- Not Available on DVD
53
Fourteen-year-old Tessa is hopelessly in love with handsome composer Lewis Dodd, a family friend. Lewis adores Tessa, but has never shown any romantic feelings toward her. ...more about Constant Nymph
- Not Available on DVD
58
Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. With a little friendly help from John Garfield, Slim gets to kiss Joan Leslie, who he has been dreaming about while in the Pacific. ...more about Hollywood Canteen
- Not Available on DVD
59
Near the end of WW II, a member of the German underground (Martin Richter) escapes from the Gestapo and takes shelter at Hotel Berlin, where he meets Lisa Dorn, a sleek actress involved with General von Dahnwitz, who is also trying to leave Germany. ...more about Hotel Berlin
- Not Available on DVD
60
Andre Desormeaux, master con artist and jewel thief, has been very successful with his partners, light-fingered Polo and beautiful lure "Countess" Tanya Vronsky. ...more about I Was an Adventuress
- Not Available on DVD
61
After saving a tramp (Lorre) from suicide, a millionaire (Baxter) takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind of a tramp. ...more about I'll Give a Million
- Not Available on DVD
62
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him. ...more about Lancer Spy
- Not Available on DVD
66
A young and handsome archaeologist discovers the crown of the Queen of Sheba, and returns with it to a New York museum where it is put on display. ...more about Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
DVD from $31.99
(9 sellers)
67
Mr. Moto must discover who poisoned a fighter in the boxing ring. This movie began as "Charlie Chan at the Ringside," but Warner Oland died during the filming so it was switched to a Mr. Moto. ...more about Mr. Moto's Gamble
DVD from $31.99
(9 sellers)
68
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. ...more about Mr. Moto's Last Warning
DVD from $5.16
(11 sellers)
69
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way. ...more about Nancy Steele Is Missing!
- Not Available on DVD
70
As French bomber crews prepare an air raid from a base in England, we learn the story of Matrac, a French journalist who opposed the Munich Pact. Framed for murder and sent to Devil's Island, he and four others escape. ...more about Passage to Marseille
DVD from $38.35
(11 sellers)
71
Two years ago, hunting guide Mike Davis was with a client who trespassed on diamond company land and found a rich lode; Paul Vogel, sadistic commandant of company police, beat Mike nearly to death but failed to learn the location. ...more about Rope of Sand
- Not Available on DVD
72
Mr. Grodman was a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard until a mistake in an investigation caused the execution of an innocent man. He takes the blame and is dismissed, replaced by the obnoxious, gloating Buckley. ...more about Verdict
- Not Available on DVD
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