June, 2026, is a big month for Lorre fans, with many Lorre movies on television – the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel, and the Movies! Network channel.
American times shown are Eastern Standard.
June, 2026
June brings a number of Peter Lorre movies on television, including a celebration of Peter's 122nd birthday on the Turner Classic Movies channel.
June 2 (Tues), 7:30 am, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The daytime theme is "Literary Adventures", including this all-star epic based on the novel by Jules Verne.
June 5 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). TCM's special primetime theme is "Summer of Darkness". TCM's host "The Czar of Noir", Eddie Muller, takes over Friday nights in June and July with a series of film noir classics. Kicking off the event is The Maltese Falcon, the hardboiled detective thriller about the mysterious statuette coveted by a group of international thieves.
June 5 (Fri), 9:45 pm, TCM – Hollywood Steps Out (1941). An animated Peter Lorre joins other caricatured Hollywood stars for a night out at a Los Angeles hotspot in this Tex Avery cartoon.
June 7 (Sun), 12:25 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).
June 9 (Tues), 12:15 pm, TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945). The daytime theme is "A Hotel Collection". Check into these cinematic hotels in the morning and afternoon, including the "Hotel Berlin", in the waning days of World War II.
June 10 (Wed), 4 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The daytime theme is "Cinema Sisters" with a morning and afternoon of movies featuring sisters, including this dark comedy about the two Brooklyn sisters with an unusual charity involving some potent homemade elderberry wine.
June 11 (Thurs), 6 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950).
June 15 (Mon), 8:15 am, British Television – Talking Pictures TV – Beat the Devil (1954).
June 26 (Fri) – A birthday tribute to Peter Lorre. TCM celebrates the 122nd birthday of Peter Lorre with a morning and afternoon of Peter's movies –
- 6:45 am – M (1931)
- 8:45 am – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
- 10:15 am – Mad Love (1935)
- 11:30 am – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
- 12:45 pm – The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- 2:45 pm – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
- 4:30 pm – Three Strangers (1946)
- 6:15 pm – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Sneak Peek at July, 2026
July 6 (Mon), 3:45 am, TCM – Muscle Beach Party (1964). The Star of the Month in July is a group – "Singers as Stars", including this summertime musical comedy starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
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.
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