The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946): adapted by Curt Siodmak from a story by William Fryer Harvey; starring Peter Lorre as Peter Lorre, basically: Truly a boring, jokey botch of an adaptation of a clever original story. Only the scenes in which a detached hand stalks various characters work at all well. Peter Lorre stands out, excellent as usual and so much more excellent than everything else in this movie that he seems to be acting in a different, far superior movie whenever he's on-screen. Not recommended.