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The Face Behind the Mask

6.5

Released January 16, 1941Runtime 1h 9min

What fiendish fury turns man into monster?

A sweet, 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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Peter LorreJanos 'Johnny' Szabo

Evelyn KeyesHelen Williams

Don BeddoeLt. James 'Jim' O'Hara

George E. StoneDinky

John TyrrellWatts

Cy SchindellBenson

Stanley BrownHarry

James SeayJeff Jeffries

Warren AsheJohnson, Reporter

Charles C. WilsonChief O'Brien

George McKayTerry Finnegan

Ernie AdamsHotel Guest (uncredited)

Sam AshMike Cary - Pilot (uncredited)

Al BridgeFlop House Manager (uncredited)

Mary CurrierBurn Treatment Nurse (uncredited)

John DilsonMan at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)

Sarah EdwardsMrs. Perkins (uncredited)

Eddie FosterStreet Passerby Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)

Joel FriedkinCharlie Perkins (uncredited)

Jack GardnerMan Calling in Fire (uncredited)

Chuck HamiltonGas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Al HillMan Cooking in his Room (uncredited)

Walter MerrillJoe (uncredited)

David OliverShip's Steward (uncredited)

Ralph PetersHotel Cook (uncredited)

Lee PhelpsDetective at Cary's Office (uncredited)

Frank ReicherDr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)

Claire RochelleYoung Shocked Nurse (uncredited)

Lee ShumwayPolice Officer 643 (uncredited)

Walter SoderlingJonathan Harris - Watchmaker (uncredited)

Edwin StanleyDr. Alex Beckett (uncredited)

Harry StrangClerk Stimson (uncredited)

Ben TaggartBurn Treatment Doctor (uncredited)

Crew

Robert FloreyDirector

Milton CarterAssistant Director

William MullAssistant Director

Paul JarricoScreenplay

Arthur LevinsonStory

Allen VincentScreenplay

Irving BriskinExecutive Producer

Wallace MacDonaldProducer

Franz PlanerDirector of Photography

Charles NelsonEditor

Lionel BanksArt Direction

Morris StoloffMusic Director

Ernie ParksMakeup Artist

Thomas Edward O'ConnellRadio Play

Sidney CutnerOriginal Music Composer

George CooperSound Engineer

Paul MantzStunts

Eugene JoseffOther

Mischa BakaleinikoffAdditional Music

Joseph NussbaumAdditional Music

Ben OaklandAdditional Music

Karol RathausAdditional Music

Gregory StoneAdditional Music

Dimitri TiomkinAdditional Music

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Reviews

The face behind the mask, it's mutated, hideous, a horrible nightmare. Out of which I can never awake. The Face Behind The Mask is directed by Robert Florey and collectively written by Paul Jarrico, Arthur Levinson and Allen Vincent. It stars Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe and George E. S...

by tmdb28039023

It is a testament to Peter Lorre's versatile facial language that he could contort his face into a rictus of dementia and corruption in M, and 10 years later but with essentially the same features, smile a sweet smile of innocence and candor as the Hungarian immigrant Janos Szabo in The Face Behind...

Peter Lorre is "Janos", an enthusiastic, honest, watch-maker who has arrived in New York from Europe hoping to make his way and bring his beloved "Marie" to join him. He alights on the kindly policeman "O'Hara" (Don Beddoe) who recommends lodgings for him and off he goes. Tragedy strikes though as ...