The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
- Date of release
- 1936-08-23
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Michael Powell
Casting
- Hugh Williams — Nick Barclay
- Jane Baxter — Lady June Slade
- Ronald Ward — Jimmy Slade
- Maurice Schwartz — The Master
- George Merritt — Det. Insp. Mallory
- Henry Oscar — Interpol Detective
- Donald Calthrop — Dr. Harold E. Walpole
- Kitty Kelly — Marian Weeks
- Wilfrid Caithness — Raines - the butler
- Peter Gawthorne — Lord Slade
- Gerald Fielding — Harrah
- Reginald Tate — Allan Hayden
Interesting facts
The Man Behind the Mask is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Michael Powell and starring Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Ronald Ward, Maurice Schwartz, George Merritt, Henry Oscar and Peter Gawthorne. It was written by Jack Byrd, Syd Courtenay, Stanley Haynes and Ian Hay, adapted from the 1906 novel The Chase of the Golden Plate by Jacques Fitrelle, and was produced by Joe Rock. It was made at Rock Studios, Elstree. It is the last of Powell's "quota quickies".
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