'' is a
1935 horror film starring
Peter Lorre , Frances Drake and
Colin Clive . When the film was released, some countries banned the film while others cut out the violent scenes. The film is an adaption of
Maurice Renard ’s novel ''Les Mains d'Orlac'' (1920). This classic horror movie was Lorre's first American movie role.
A concert pianist loses his hands after a horrible train wreck. The hands of a killer, and expert knife thrower, are sewn on. Unfortunately, now the man has murderous thoughts and the hand skills of the man who owned them before him. Meanwhile, the brilliant doctor, Doctor Gogol, is in love with the man's wife and will do anything to have her. Lorre plays the bald insane doctor.
The film continues to receive positive reviews years after its 1935 release. Richard Scheib's 2000 review notes, "The role of Gogol is the one that solidified Lorre with American audiences and ensured a career in horror and
Noir that lasted until his death in 1964."
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