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Film Quotes by Peter Lorre

84 quotes
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Year: 1942

Director:
Lew Landers
Dr. Lorenz: [Signing the mortgage] "Contractum sanctum putnam," which means done and dished up!
-- Peter Lorre (as Dr. Arthur Lorencz) in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Year: 1942

Director:
Lew Landers
Dr. Lorenz: And if you ever need anything, like medical attention, or fire insurance, or a marriage performed, or a loan, perhaps? I should be delighted to oblige.
Winnie Slade: Doesn't anybody else do anything in Jinxville?
Dr. Lorenz: Oh, they... they vote once a year.
-- Peter Lorre (as Dr. Arthur Lorencz) in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Year: 1942

Director:
Lew Landers
Dr. Lorenz: Do you imagine I could take advantage, exploit, capitalize on a great scientific discovery? Cheat millions of people all the world over? Profane my profession? Suppose I make a few dollars, don't you think I wouldn't put it right back into science?
-- Peter Lorre (as Dr. Arthur Lorencz) in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Year: 1942

Director:
Lew Landers
Dr. Lorenz: If he is a choreographer, then I am Pavlova.
-- Peter Lorre (as Dr. Arthur Lorencz) in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Year: 1942

Director:
Lew Landers
Dr. Lorenz: It isn't in Brampton's room. That proves he did it! He's covering up!
-- Peter Lorre (as Dr. Arthur Lorencz) in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Felix Gillie: [after Amaryllis' singing has caused glasses to break, flowers to wither, and corks to pop out of bottles] Just like a nightingale
-- Peter Lorre (as Felix Gillie) in The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Felix Gillie: [stuck on a roof] Why did I ever escape from prison? It was so peaceful there.
-- Peter Lorre (as Felix Gillie) in The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Felix Gillie: [to Mr. Trumbull, referring to Mr. Black] I don't think he's quite dead enough to bury.
-- Peter Lorre (as Felix Gillie) in The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Felix Gillie: Mr. Tremble...
Waldo Trumbull: Trumbull.
Felix Gillie: I SAID "Tremble".
-- Peter Lorre (as Felix Gillie) in The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Three Strangers
Year: 1946

Director:
Jean Negulesco
Johnny West: Don't ever get mixed up with a Chinese goddess. That's the worst thing that can happen, the very worst.