The Face Behind the Mask
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1941
1h 9m
NR
English
Crime, Drama, Horror
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The Face Behind the Mask
NR
Movie
1941
1h 9m
English
Crime, Drama, Horror
In this low-budget thriller, Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a skilled craftsman. After he's caught in a fire, his face is horribly scarred; his terrifying appearance makes it impossible for him to get a job. With nowhere else to turn, Janos begins working for the criminal underworld. Janos begins having second thoughts about his life of crime when he falls in love.
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Cast
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Helen Williams
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
Dinky
Watts
Benson
Harry
Jeff Jeffries
Johnson, Reporter
Chief O'Brien
Terry Finnegan
Directed By: Robert Florey
Written By: Paul Jarrico (Screenplay), Arthur Levinson (Story)
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John Chard
6 years ago
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. St More
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. St More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
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 o More
JPRetana
2 years ago
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 More
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