The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1941-01-16
Genre:Crime, Drama, Horror
Duration:69 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Robert Florey
Actors:Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone, John Tyrrell
Production:Columbia Pictures

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.

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