Fall into Fall with Lorre Movies on TV

September means the fall, the start of the holiday season, and a handful of Peter Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels, including Talking Pictures TV.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.


September, 2023

September means autumn and the holiday season soon on the way. Catch these Lorre films on television.

Sept 3 (Sun), 3 pm, Talking Pictures TV – The Chase (1946). Peter Lorre plays Gino, bodyguard to a vicious gangster (Steve Cochran) in this film noir set in Miami, Florida.

Sept 6 (Wed), 5:45 am, Movies! Network – Hollywood Steps Out (1941). An animated Peter Lorre joins other animated Hollywood stars in this cartoon from the early 1940s.

Sept 7 (Thurs), 9:35 pm, ScreenPix Voices – Tales of Terror (1962). Peter plays Montressor Herringbone, a drunkard who drives his wife (Joyce Jameson) into the arms of an expert wine taster (Vincent Price) – and then takes revenge.

Sept 8 (Fri), 11:10 am, Talking Pictures TV – The Chase (1946).

Sept 8 (Fri), 11:30 am, ScreenPix Voices – Tales of Terror (1962).

Sept 12 (Tues), 2 pm, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944). The daytime theme is "Hollywood Stars as Themselves", including this all-star musical featuring Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

Sept 25 (Mon), 5:15 am, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The primetime theme is "How to Escape from Nazis", including this war-time drama set in a German prisoner of war camp.


Sneak Peek at October, 2023

October means Halloween and some Lorre horror movies on TCM.

Oct 2 (Mon), 6 am, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). TCM salutes the birthday of Groucho Marx with a day of Marx Brothers movies, beginning with this all-star extravaganza about good and evil.

Oct 7 (Sat), 10 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). TCM presents a double-feature of movies starring Josephine Hull, including this dark comedy about two sweet old ladies (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) with an unusual hobby. Note – In Canada, TCM will show Four Wives (1939) instead of Arsenic and Old Lace.

Oct 16 (Mon), 10:30 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The daytime theme is "Morocco", including this classic romance set in the North African city of World War II refugees and the people who prey on them.

Oct 28 (Sat), 10:15 pm, TCM – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). TCM presents a double-feature of The Man Who Knew Too Much, beginning with the 1956 remake, followed by the 1934 original, which was Peter Lorre's first English-speaking movie role.

Oct 30 (Mon), 9 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). Halloween is on the way, and TCM salutes the holiday with a day of "Halloween Horror", including Peter Lorre's first American movie. Note – In Canada, TCM will show The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), instead of Mad Love.

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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 ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!