The Face Behind the Mask
What fiendish fury turns man into monster?
1941 · 1h 9m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Horror
Directed by
Robert Florey
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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.
Director and cast
- Robert Florey Director
- 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 Cahill Wilson as Chief O'Brien
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