Peter Lorre in Crack-Up (1936)
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- Crack-Up is a 1936 film starring Peter Lorre as Colonel Gimpy aka Baron Rudolf Maximilian Taggart.
Colonel Gimpy is viewed as a dimwitted, trumpet playing mascot for an airport, but in reality he is the ruthless head of a spy organization that is trying to secure the blueprints for an airplane.
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🥰 Thank you 👍 Always good to watch the great talented Peter Lorre 🥰 Nov . 2 , 2023
Peter Lorre is not what one would call a Star...
... he is a Galaxy of his own.
Very well put could not have put it better
Perfect! I couldn’t agree more!
Love to see some Peter Lorre love! ❤️❤️❤️ He's one of my favorite actors of all time.
Mr. Lorre never disappoints, thank you from a Peter Lorre fan.
Peter Lorre just may be my favorite Character Actor of all time.
One of these excellent movies that are just perfect for watching in the evening. It is really sad that he had to undergo a severe operation in the 1920s and ended up with a morphine addiction that spiraled his life into a downward slope.
What would we do without Peter Lorre in vintage films. Love that guy!
Can't get enough of that Peter Lorre! RIP my dear friend.
Peter Lorre is an excellent actor! He is a superb comic actor, especially in his older flicks & w/Vincent Price
Great movie! Another fine performance by Mr. Lorre!
Where has this one been hiding? Thrilling story, no CGI, all pretty believable and classic acting. One hour, thirteen minutes of a good fun film.
It is definitely a cult favourite among hardcore Lorre fans. ;p It's never been released by FOX for whatever reason, and it should be.
moonshiny74 Acctually Fox has released this on DVD. You can get it on Amazon. www.amazon.com/CRACK-UP-Peter-Donlevy/dp/B00KO80WN8/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1428828147&sr=1-2&keywords=crack+up
thank you its wonderful
13:08; Lorre's transformation from Gimpy to The Baron is sinister....and downright delightful!
Peter Lorre is so timeless, especially in these old B movies. All the other characters seem very much of the 30's and 40's, but Lorre looks like he could be in a movie today, and it would make sense.
It would totally make sense because Peter's characters aren't restricted to one time period. As you said, he is timeless. That is why he is still popular with many almost 50 years after his death.
Agreed! One of the Rare qualities of a Great actor. That can't be taught or accomplished over time. You either have it or you don't!
absolutely, he is so timeless, I remember his frightening performance in the German film M ..a town is looking for a murderer.. when he played the insane child killer
He was a genius.
Lorre does have a talent for elevating whatever he's in just be being there, doesn't he? Such an oddly endearing character he's playing. Doesn't seem evil, exactly. Just determined and really tired. Honestly I think he's better in these types of roles that when he's playing a straight evil character. Not that he's not good at them, just a bit of a wast of his talents, because he's both terrifyingly creepy and adorably funny. Little bit of a shame he got typecast as the former so much.
@Knox Omari
Dunno why I'd want to hack my friends Instagram account tbh. Is that something people do?
With the exception of his Mr. Moto character.
Love to watch these old movies and see noted actors when they were younger
Lorre! Nice movie with a clumsy twist. Apparently treading water was too much trouble-lol. Love these old movies- thanks for the post.
..Peter Lorre..Johnny Depp..Peter Lorre..never noticed similarities until now..😮😮😊
Awww what a showpiece of a film🎊🎉🎊❣️💝They don’t make’m this this anymore 🥺Thank you for uploading❤️🥰🎉💥🎊
Really Great Movie. Peter Lorre once again has outdone himself as both a great and fantastic performer
I'd seen this a time or two before. Thanks for posting so I'd find it again. I just read that this was Lorre's first American film. I'd read before that he didn't much like his career in The States. Too bad. No matter that Donlevy wasn't as memorable as Lorre, I still appreciate seeing him too.
The ocean was calm as they stated, why'd they just give up with a rescue so close? Stoopit, but Peter Lorre still is the man.
+Antidote NYHC I understand your frustration over the "let's just give up and quietly die" ending. Although, in terms of strict melodrama logic: Lorre's character is shot and slowly dying anyway, the pilot is scalded / blinded from the hot engine oil sprayed in his face, and the old guy is heartbroken over his young wife's betrayal & departure. It's as if these guys had to drop all of their personal agendas in order to -- for a brief span of time -- feel a sense of shared humanity and simply embrace a common fate. Then again, maybe that's just a hot / steaming load of B.S., huh? ;-) Yes, maybe it is.
So entertaining. I just finished watching Lorre in The Face Behind the Mask. It is also a great B movie. The Verdict with him and Greenstreet seems not to be on TH-cam. I'd love to see it. By the way Donlevy is terrific in "Impact."
This is now my favorite Peter Lorre film!! #2 Casablanca, #3 Beat The Devil. Fantastic!!
YOU are a real fan. Nobody ever talks about Beat The Devil.
SO underrated, mainly because people did not know what to make of it when it was released. Today, we are more comfortable with spoofs, which is what it obviously is..."NO, one look is NOT enough..."
but what about Lorre's beautifully realized Joel Cairo in "the Maltese Falcon"? no other actor could have created that character so well
Yeah Robert, 'Falcon" is his best~ esp. where he blows up at Greenstreet, but I also loved him in the Mr. Moto series.
@@robertmusacchio9409 Absolutely! Especially the scene where Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade having roughed up Cairo asks why he won't stick around and Lorre replies in an offhand way that he's tired and wants to go to bed.
Excellent acting by Peter Lorre,
Arsenic and old lace may be lorre best (dark comedy) roll, he aged like great wine😊
Loved it! This has to be my new favorite Peter Lorre movie. Thanks for uploading it.
Peter Lorre is a favorite actor. 😃
Thank You. Peter Lorre is a dietary staple, needed for optimal well being
I agree. ;p
They're all good with cheese and crackers. Lol
Yeah sure like nuts
I think Peter lorre is AMAZING! I have a such a crush on this man. So talented, handsome, and intriguing ❤❤❤
Peter Lorre actor legendary Best 🎭
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What are we even discussing here? That movie is brilliant. BRILLIANT. The characters esp Gimpy's are soo so so well written. And the story too. It's so interesting and tragic. peter is wonderfull in it. Ofcourse. But besides of the brilliance of his acting and his character, the rest of the characters are also brilliant. Even that annoying young man has certain intersting aspects. Great direction and all. Just watch Peter's clips if you dislike it..but why bother coming here ?
What a nice and handsome looking man Peter Lorre was:)
+Anja Gambolputty ?
In a Kermitty way, if you like that sort of thing.
He is sex on a stick in this movie.
Well. Peter Lorre turned out, in the end, to be not so evil and nasty. Otherwise, if something goes wrong with your airplane in mid-flight, just get out on the wing and fix it. But if it crashes in the water, no problem it'll float ... until just before a life boat, from a passing steamer, shows up to make the rescue. Thank you for posting moonshiny74. Sound is "sideways" but resolution excellent.
If you can find Peter Lorre radio version of the hora is Lorre at is best
Well written and acted film.
Yes, I do. I have most of Peter's movies except for Der weisse Daemon, Schuss im Morgengraeun, Les Requins du pétrole, Fünf von der Jazzband, Du haut en bas, and Double Confession.
Peter was great, and I do wish the Wizard of Oz's brother had tried to save himself at the end.
12:33 And with the lighting of a cigarette, he's suddenly a completely different person.
Like, more normal.
Strange movie but fairly good.
The old guy that was going after his girlfriend I don't understand why he didn't just tread water or hang on to the other guy with the vest. That didn't make any sense at all because he was wealthy and had already reconciled that he wasn't going to get the girls anyway and was okay with it.
Pretty stupid ending.
I know. *sigh* And they smoke a cigarette. And Peter's eyelashes are stunning as he shivers. lol
Enjoyable movie. Thanks for posting.
Peter lorre is great in this entertaining movie.Fans should check out Face Behind the Mask.(He's the leading man in a classic film noir)
I found it thanks to you! Just wow...that movie broke my heart. The whole time I was like "my baby noooo
Peter Lorre is great
That was a good movie...but it made me cry.
M.b.T.Mask,great. Serious acting.
How did Peter Lorre make it to the plane in time without a car? A glitch in the continuity or what have you?
Holds its own after all these years!
Great play-on the Spruce Goose & Howard Hughes!
Peter Lorre's greatest performance! M Full Movie
Peter Lorre could have made a great spy but he was too well known in Germany
Brian Donlevy lied his way into the Army at age 14, served in Mexico, and then went to France where he flew with the Lafayette Escadrille. He was still only 17 at the end of the war, and went on to the Naval Academy, but after 2 years dropped out to become an actor.
I first saw this movie when I was about 10 yeard old. I have been deathly afraid of oil pressure gages ever since!
Bizarrer little film-worth the watch!
This.is one of Peter's finest moments. Great great acting and such a beloved character. Much away from all the stereotypical stuff they had him do. Who doesn't love Gimpy?
I had this movie all wrong! From the clips I'd seen, and the first 20 minutes, I expected something very simplistic. Ended up feeling very Tarantino-esque!
While this film may not be the best Peter Lorre movie in the world, I do think it should be considered as one of the best that showcases he’s range as an actor. He’s being both very quirky and scarily serious at the same time.
This is definitely a movie where if I wanted to show someone who Peter Lorre was, this would be the first movie ever think of.
amazing performance from Peter Lorre ,but cant understand why the boss doesnt make a swim for it at the end with the hero .
He was shot and seriously wounded.
IKR- I said the same above. Without SPOILING it- I can't say how silly it is to think they just sat there.
@@danphillips2784 Not Lorre- the other boss.
1:04:50 I'm sorry but are they having a boat race??? Jesus why do I find that adorable someone help me
Alfred Hitchcock once described that "thing" that everyone is after (in this case - the propeller plans) is what he called a "MacGuffin." But as a draftsman I know any serious design will lend itself to simply being folded and placed in an envelope. Any and every design of this MacGuffin's plan would take up MANY pages of very large design drawings. And since they didn't have the advantage of computer drives or flash drives (like Mr. Snowden) - I wonder if the MacGuffin is actually in that envelope.
Hmmm, great movie except for the last 20 minutes or so when it all turned rather silly. First the crash into the sea - a power-dive from 15K feet (or whatever) and nobody wearing any restraint - and big loose metal boxes in the cabin....they bounce a bit on the water but everyone is ok (except Ace who got blinded by the gauge blowing out). Then the plane sits floating on the water for about an hour or three, not even resting engines-down (which it would do in reality). Sorry, I'm being a nit-picker...I did enjoy it, Colonel Gimpy was the best.Colonel.ever! Thanks for the upload, always like Brian Donlevy too 💖 🇨🇦
Please find Beast with 5 fingers,its decades since I saw it in GB.
Hitchcock movie secret agent with Peter Lorre is worth watching if you haven't seen it, him and Green Street made a lot of good movies together
HE and Greenstreet.
@@scarygary-qq1pj get a life school teacher, your anal retentive is showing.
B movie, what can you say?
But the ENDING ... ridiculous. Written either by an idiot or FOR them. In THAT calm water, anyone could have gotten out to swim long enough to be rescued.
On the contrary it was an inspired ending...."Three on a match...superstitious, Baron?" "Only of men who were born bad and grew-up worse". I think it's obvious they didn't want to be rescued.
The ending was pure bullshit. Agreed.
Also, pursuant to the Hollywood Code of ethics that were in place at the time criminals had to "pay" for their crimes committed in the movie.
Not everyone can swim.
@@sheristewart3940 Agreed. Ace has nothing to look forward to but prison and Taggart/ Glimpy is shot and likely dying.
Love Peter lore
1931's M, directed by Fritz Lang has got to be my favorite film w/Peter Lorre. He's speaking German in this, as it's a German film (this is before Lang sold out & went to Hollywood to direct dumbed down films in the 40s, etc)
J Carroll Naish one of my fave character players.
Thanx4post
Thank you for posting this. :)
I love this guy .. not so good a lead actor .. arguably the greatest character actor
Supporting roles were always Peter's "thing", though, so we never saw much of him in a leading role. Even before he was typecast here in America he was often cast in supporting roles and became probably the best known character actor in the world (even to this day) for his ability to steal a scene.
I beg to differ about him not being so good as a lead. He was excellent in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT and M.
OK I totally take it back ...he was a great actor .. the stranger I think was another one ...and a few spy movies he was the lead...very under rated ... I really love him.
Paranoia and ruthlessness.
The qualities needed to be a effective person.
Peter The Great 😉
"Beware of pretty faces that you find. A pretty face can hide an evil mind. Be careful what you say. You'll give yourself away. Chances are you won't live to see tomorrow." Johnny Rivers
Thank you
I felt the need to because my inbox has been fillled with, "Can you please just post the whole thing on YT?" for weeks lol
I know this may seem an ignorant question, but would any kind of wing walking ever be necessary or acceptable outside of an exhibition in the early days of aviation?
I don't get it. Couldn't the others just get out and float until the rescue boat arrived? The movie wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be when they did that stupid song and march in the beginning. It's always nice to see Brian Donlevy. He can always bring a weak movie up a notch. As for Peter Lorrie...he was really great. He should have gotten a better agent.
Donlevy's playing a blinded pilot with nothing to look forward to than prison, Ralph Morgan has had a titanic blow to his ego because his younger wife left him, and Lorre's seriously wounded and a candidate for prison too, if not the gallows.
"The Wild Goose" as actually which aircraft ?? Lockheed? Twin Beech ? And other possibilities.
You can always depend on Peter Lorre to be a bit "offbeat:"
wow love these, where is the Beast with Four Fingers?
+William Arthur Waiting for the fifth finger probably.
PS, Peter Lorre and Bogart...
Is there a better duo? Personally, I don't think so.
I will see what I can do. We are extremely busy at work for the next several months and I am in the middle of planning a new website, so it might be a while. I will let you know.
Isn't if funny / strange that neither pilot has mentioned their Compass, their Heading, Dead Reckoning, or shown any signs of a sextant ?? Perhaps it was intentional to throw off Mr. Moto / Col. Taggart / Peter Lorre. Or was it just a complete ignorance by the writers of this movie ?? We shall see....
A b movie from 1936 is better than what they make now.
That "experimental" plane bears a striking resemblance to a DC-2 or 3?
Its a Lockheed Electra
I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that it was approved with certificate #2531.🙄
DamStaight
Berlin 1936. Trouble brewing. Keep that plane away from Georing
GOERING
@@scarygary-qq1pj someone working for gobbles would get it right
Folks look up Catharine Lorre daughter of Peter Lorre.
Ed
I just looked up Catharine Lorre, two of the most depressing minutes I've spent on the internet. What a strange and sad short life.
tedspidermother,
So eloquently put and I concur.
Puffing stogies, cancer sticks. My throat hurts.
What, they can't get out of the plane and tread water for 15 minutes? I guess each had a good reason to want to die.
Maximilian Taggart is seriously wounded, Ace is blind, and both have only the gallows to look forward to (they each have committed murder), and Fleming's depressed and is no young man.
Silly ending. Why couldn't Ace and Fleming swim for it? The third guy was pulled into the lifeboat just as the plane was sinking. Nonsensical. Otherwise quite enjoyable.
Ace is blind and has only prison to look forward to and Fleming's depressed.
Just remember that this was made three full years before WW II broke out. The groundwork for that War was laid long beforehand.
Indeed, the groundwork was laid after WW1 with the Treaty of Versailles.
Yes Joe. He's so annoying. Lol true!!!!! He's the leading man of this movie that's for sure. I just love in the end..how the other two accept their defeat and admit he's brilliant and all.
Blasphemy! I adore this film. Well, mostly for Peter's Gimpy/Baron.
America has never been naive when it comes to espionage and war. It is this countrys bread and butter. Hollywood was letting us know in the 30's about WWll. Great movie just the same.
Hitler had been in power for 3 years and Germany was massively ramping up its weapon production. In two years it would invade Czechoslovakia.... Germany probably did have a huge network of spies in the aircraft industry. Not that Germany had much to learn from the US:- Germany was _far_ more advanced in 1936. England was another matter - their aircraft were better than the a Germans at that time (Hawker and Supermarine were the best in the word up to 1940, after which things evened out somewhat).
Brian Donlevy 💥💥💥
just for Peter Lorre.
The dear John letter. Hmm I wonder if thats were the saying began?
WHERE
He was eating shredded cabbage. "Cabbages and kings are marvelous things..." :p
Gibt's davon nicht eine deutsch sychronisierte Fassung?
Why don't they mak e good films like this anymore.
Why don't you use question marks anymore?????????
Brian Donlevy was a KID in this movie!
Morons and blasphemers that wish to have the hounds of hell released upon them don't love my darling Gimpy.