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Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a pilot that died so cinema could... also die, apparently.
IMDb
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Collector’s Item (1957)

campyforgotten gemglorious failure

Overview

AdventureTV MovieMystery

Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to appraise a vast collection of a recently deceased collector, Van der Locken, when he receives an unwanted visit from Ivor Hager, who informs him of "The Left Fist of David," a valuable but mysterious art object that was stolen from a Mexican church. An unsold TV Pilot

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failed tv pilot

Standout Aspects

Acting

Price and Lorre trading barbs like they're already bored with television.

Production

Glossy studio sheen desperately pretending this was always meant to be a 'movie.'

Best for:Rewatch: For Price/Lorre completists who've seen everything else twice.·Background: 1950s ambiance while you doom-scroll about better shows that got picked up.·Solo: Late-night curiosity about what might've been.
Buzz Kulik

Director

Buzz Kulik

ReleasedDec 1, 1957
Runtime25m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight
CBS

Top Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Mr. Prentiss

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Mr. Munsey

Whitney Blake

Whitney Blake

Jan Hendricks

Thomas Gomez

Thomas Gomez

Ivor Hager

Eduard Franz

Eduard Franz

Mr. Peasley

Harvey Parry

Harvey Parry

Dick Winslow

Dick Winslow

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Trivia

This unsold pilot was later compiled into theatrical release 'Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David' to recoup costs.

Cultural

Price and Lorre reunited here after 'The Comedy of Terrors'—their final screen pairing before Lorre's 1964 death.

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