The Face Behind the Mask(1941)
What fiendish fury turns man into monster?
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.
Movie: The Face Behind the Mask
Top 10 Billed Cast
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Helen Williams
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
Dinky
Watts
Benson
Harry
Jeff Jeffries
Johnson, Reporter
Chief O'Brien
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