Cinema Quote by Peter Lorre

“Actually I made only one out-and-out horror picture, 'The Beast with Five Fingers,' though I have done a lot of suspense and mystery films, of course.”

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The audience loves me.

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I've been billed as the world's most imitated actor.

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