The Face Behind the Mask
What fiendish fury turns man into monster?
1941•1h 9m•6.5/10
CrimeDramaHorror
Ratings
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6.5/10(47)
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
Production
Columbia Pictures
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Peter Lorre
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Evelyn Keyes
Helen Williams
Don Beddoe
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
George E. Stone
Dinky
John Tyrrell
Watts
Cy Schindell
Benson
Stanley Brown
Harry
James Seay
Jeff Jeffries
Warren Ashe
Johnson, Reporter
Charles Cahill Wilson
Chief O'Brien
George McKay
Terry Finnegan
Ernie Adams
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Mike Cary - Pilot (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Burn Treatment Nurse (uncredited)
John Dilson
Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Perkins (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Street Passerby Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin
Charlie Perkins (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Man Calling in Fire (uncredited)
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