Movie
The Face Behind the Mask
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1941-01-16
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Lorre as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
- Evelyn Keyes as Helen Williams
- Don Beddoe as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
- George E. Stone as Dinky
- John Tyrrell as Watts
- Cy Schindell as Benson
- Stanley Brown as Harry
- James Seay as Jeff Jeffries
- Warren Ashe as Johnson, Reporter
- Charles C. Wilson as Chief O'Brien
- George McKay as Terry Finnegan
- Ernie Adams as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Crew
- Robert Florey - Director
- Paul Jarrico - Screenplay
- Allen Vincent - Screenplay
- Arthur Levinson - Story
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