April brings springtime weather and Peter Lorre films on television – the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel, and the Movies! Network channel.
American times shown are Eastern Standard.
April, 2026
Lorre fans in the United States and the United Kingdom will find many of Peter's movies on television this month.
Apr 2 (Thurs), 6 am, Movies! Network – The Chase (1946).
Apr 2 (Thurs), 9 am, TCM – Background to Danger (1943). The TCM daytime theme is "Spies of WW II", including two Lorre films involving spies and secret agents. First is this espionage movie set in Ankara, Turkey, and involving an American agent working against both Nazis and Russian spies.
Apr 2 (Thurs), 6 pm, TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945). The TCM daytime theme "Spies of WW II" concludes with this World War II drama set in a luxury hotel in Berlin.
Apr 2 (Thurs), 11 am, Film 4, British Television – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Apr 2 (Thurs), 1:50 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950).
Apr 9 (Thurs), 3 pm, TCM – The Verdict (1946). The TCM daytime theme "Stories from Scotland Yard" with a day of who-dunnit films set in London, including this Victorian locked-room mystery, which was the final pairing of Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.
Apr 12 (Sun), 6 am, Talking Pictures TV, British Television – My Favorite Brunette (1947).
Apr 12 (Sun), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Apr 14 (Tues), 3:30 am, Talking Pictures TV, British Television – Double Confession (1951).
Apr 20 (Mon), 12:45 am, Talking Pictures TV, British Television – Casbah (1948).
Apr 23 (Thurs), 5:45 pm, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). TCM celebrates the birthday of director Frank Borzage with a morning and afternoon of movies he directed, including this Clark Gable and Joan Crawford drama involving prisoners escaping from Devil's Island.
Apr 25 (Sat), 8 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The TCM primetime theme is "Pick Your Poison", including this dark comedy involving two elderly aunts and a potent mixture of three poisons mixed in elderberry wine. Note – In Canada, Romeo and Juliet (1936) will be shown instead.
Sneak Peek at May, 2026
Check back soon for the Lorre movies coming in May!
Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many remastered and packaged with extra features. For more information on the films of Peter Lorre released to home video, head on over to the DVD – VHS section of The Lost One website.
In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of Peter’s movies, including interviews with many of the directors, writers, actors, and crew who worked with Peter.
A complete list of Peter’s movies and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~ Happy viewing!
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