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The Face Behind the Mask(1941)
Status: Released
Date: 1941-01-16
65%
47 Votes
Time: 1h 9m
What fiendish fury turns man into monster?
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Face Behind the Mask
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter Lorre
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Evelyn Keyes
Helen Williams
Don Beddoe
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
George E. Stone
Dinky
John Tyrrell
Watts
Cy Schindell
Benson
Stanley Brown
Harry
James Seay
Jeff Jeffries
Warren Ashe
Johnson, Reporter
Charles C. Wilson
Chief O'Brien
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