The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a horror film directed by Robert Florey and with a screenplay by Curt Siodmak, based on a short story by W. F. Harvey first published in the New Decameron. The original music score was composed by Max Steiner. The film was marketed with the tagline "A sensation of screaming suspense!"
Peter Lorre stars in the film, his last with Warner Brothers. Siodmak had originally written the film for Paul Henreid who turned it down. The piece much played throughout the film is Brahms' transcription for left hand of the chaconne from Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Partita in D minor, performed by Warner Bros. pianist Victor Aller.
The hands of pianist Ervin Nyíregyházi are shown playing the piano.
The 1981 film by director Oliver Stone titled The Hand bears some similarities to this well. Featuring a murderous disembodied hand.
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