The Beast with Five Fingers

1946

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 3243 3.2K

murder pianist old house hand playing piano severed hand

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Plot summary

Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.

Director

Robert Florey Photo
Robert Florey

Top cast

Patricia Barry Photo
Patricia Barry as Clara
Robert Alda Photo
Robert Alda as Conrad Ryler
William Edmunds Photo
William Edmunds as Antonio
Andrea King Photo
Andrea King as Julie Holden
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812.31 MB
1000*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 3
1.47 GB
1488*1072
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wilbur-10 7 / 10

More suspense than horror but a must-see for true fans of the genre.

Classic early horror with Lorre in superb eye-popping form. Film is set in an Italian mansion where a wealthy pianist is close to death. When he passes away it turns out he has left everything in his will to his nurse, who incurs the wrath of the grasping relatives who have arrived. The bickering takes a sinister turn when the solicitor is strangled, seemingly by the severed hand of the dead pianist.Lorre plays the deranged librarian whose sightings of the hand send him increasingly over the edge into madness. Despite the true horror potential of the storyline, the film tends to play more like a murder mystery. Much of the atmosphere is wasted by the air of light-heartedness, particularly the contrived slap-happy ending.Misgivings aside, 'The Beast with Five Fingers' is still one of the genre making horrors, and while not in the same league as the heavyweight films of the 1930's like 'Frankenstein', 'The Invisible Man' or 'Mad Love', still rates serious attention.Other severed hands featured in ' Dr Terror's House of Horrors, 'Evil Dead II', and Oliver Stone's 'The Hand'.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

very handy

It's nearly fifty years ago in the small Italian village of San Stefano. Bruce Conrad (Robert Alda) cons money from tourists. His friend, pianist Francis Ingram (Victor Francen) lost the use of his right side and lives in a mansion with his nurse Julie Holden (Andrea King) and his secretary Hillary Cummins (Peter Lorre). Various people gather to fight over Ingram's fortune after his death.The hand is mighty and this hand is a beast. I would like to have more of the hand earlier. There are some functional effects but I want more. That's the money shot better than the premise. As for the premise reveal, I like it but I don't like the comedic turn at the end. The movie needs to stay dark. As for the acting, there is no one better than Lorre at being creepy. He is the king of creeps. This is good.
Reviewed by JohnHowardReid 8 / 10

Florid Florey At His Best

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