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Actors: Peter Lorre, Andrea King, Robert Alda, J. Carrol Naish
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Beast With Five Fingers |
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Francis Ingram, a crippled millionaire tumbles down the stairs and dies.
Julie, Ingram's nurse, inherits all of his money and property, much to the dismay of his family, who now suspect murder.
The Commissario is called and everyone remains in the mansion until the situation is resolved. Suddenly, people begin dying. Hilary, a scientist and Ingram's friend, claims the killer is a severed hand. The Commissario and Conrad, Ingram's friend and Julie's love, investigate and discover that Ingram's hand has been removed. Hilary had removed the hand and rigged a hidden record player to sound like Ingram playing the piano to trick everyone into believing the mansion was haunted and Ingram's hand was killing people; when, in actuality, it was him doing the killing.
However, Hilary begins going insane and starts to believe that the hand is trying to kill him. He imagines the hand strangling him and it scares him to death.
With Hilary dead, the Commissario and Conrad find the hand and the record player and solve the crime.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Beast With Five Fingers |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
- hunted by killer/stalker
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scientist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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