The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

Name: The Face Behind the Mask
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Released: 1941
Duration: 69 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone, John Tyrrell

1h 9m United States of America

Crime Drama Horror

Plot

A cheerful Hungarian immigrant, full of hope, arrives in America, eager to start anew. However, his dreams are shattered when a devastating hotel fire leaves him with severe facial disfigurement. Struggling to cope with his new reality and the rejection that comes with it, he is drawn into a life of crime as a means of survival. His journey explores themes of identity, desperation, and the lengths one will go to reclaim a sense of self in a world that has become unrecognizable.

Cast

Peter Lorre Evelyn Keyes Don Beddoe George E. Stone John Tyrrell Cy Schindell Stanley Brown James Seay Warren Ashe Charles C. Wilson George McKay Ernie Adams Sam Ash Al Bridge Mary Currier