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.
- Date of release
- 1941-01-15
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (48)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Director
- Robert Florey
Casting
- 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 Cahill Wilson — Chief O'Brien
- George McKay — Terry Finnegan
- Ernie Adams — Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: California
The Face Behind the Mask is a 1941 American film noir directed by Robert Florey and starring Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes and Don Beddoe. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Jarrico, Arthur Levinson, and Allen Vincent from the play Interim, written by Thomas Edward O'Connell (1915–1961).
Production
The Face Behind the Mask was directed by French-American director Robert Florey, and written by Paul Jarrico, and Allen Vincent. The film is based on the radio play The Interim by Thomas Edward O'Connell. Florey previously made contributions to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein before James Whale was brought on as director, and he had directed Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Principal photography began on November 6, 1940, lasting for 20 days.
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