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16/01/1941 Crime, Drama, Horror 1h 9m
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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.

  1. Robert Florey

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Lorre

    Janos 'Johnny' Szabo

  2. Evelyn Keyes

    Helen Williams

  3. Don Beddoe

    Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara

  4. George E. Stone

    Dinky

  5. John Tyrrell

    Watts

  6. Cy Schindell

    Benson

  7. Stanley Brown

    Harry

  8. James Seay

    Jeff Jeffries

  9. Warren Ashe

    Johnson, Reporter

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-28
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 the Mask.

Janos, watchmaker and self-proclaimed “mechanical genius” arrives in New York in search of the vaunted American dream. The big city, contrary to what one would expect, treats the newcomer well; Janos soon finds a job in a hotel that also becomes his home.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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