The Face Behind the Mask

1941 PG-13 1h 9m

6.5 /10

Genre

Plot

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

Robert Florey

Writers

Paul Jarrico Arthur Levinson Allen Vincent

Stars

Peter Lorre Evelyn Keyes Don Beddoe

Cast & Crew

Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara

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)

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Eddie Foster

Street Passerby Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)

Joel Friedkin

Charlie Perkins (uncredited)

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Jack Gardner

Man Calling in Fire (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Al Hill

Man Cooking in his Room (uncredited)

Ship's Steward (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

Hotel Cook (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Detective at Cary's Office (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)

Claire Rochelle

Young Shocked Nurse (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Police Officer 643 (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Jonathan Harris - Watchmaker (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

Dr. Alex Beckett (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Clerk Stimson (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

Burn Treatment Doctor (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

17 Apr 2023

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 "Mar...

tmdb28039023

28 Aug 2022

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 year...

John Chard

7.5

2 Nov 2013

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 Robe...