The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
- Starring:
- Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Florey
Synopsis of The Face Behind the Mask
In this low-budget thriller (which developed something of a cult following among film buffs in the '60s and '70s), Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a skilled craftsman. After he's caught in a fire, his face is horribly scarred; his terrifying appearance makes it impossible for him to get a job. With nowhere else to turn, Janos begins working for the criminal underworld, where he eventually raises enough money to purchase an expensive mask whose expressionless features are only a slight improvement over his distorted visage, but at least allow him to go out in public. However, Janos begins having second thoughts about his life of crime, especially after he falls in love with Helen (Evelyn Keyes), a kind-hearted blind woman. Director Robert Florey supposedly shot this film and Meet Boston Blackie in a mere 24 days. Florey and Lorre would team up again for another offbeat film buff favorite, The Beast with Five Fingers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Face Behind the Mask
- Peter Lorre - Janos Szabo
- George E. Stone - Dinky
- John Tyrrell - Watts
- Al Seymour - Benson
- Warren Ashe - Johnson
- George McKay - Terry Finnegan
- Mary Currier - Nurse Kritzer
- Almeda Fowler
- Wally Merrill - Joe
- Edwin Stanley - Dr. Beckett
- Lee Shumway - Policeman
- Frank Reicher - Dr. Cheever
- Lee Phelps - Brown
- David Oliver - Steward
- Victor Travers - Man
- Bill Lally - Wilson
- Al Hill - Horton
- Joel Friedkin - Mr. Perkins
- John Dilson - Anderson
- Sam Ash - Mike Cary
- Evelyn Keyes - Helen Williams
- Don Beddoe - Jim O'Hara
- Stanley Brown - Harry
- James Seay - Jeff
- Charles Wilson - Chief O'Brien
- Ernie S. Adams
- Sarah Edwards - Mrs. Perkins
- Jack Gardner - Man at Fire
- Harry Strang - Clerk Stimson
- Walter Soderling - Harris
- Claire Rochelle - Nurse Bailey
- Lee Prather - Immigration Officer
- Ralph Peters - Cook
- Bessie Wade - Woman
- Al Rhein
- Ben Taggart - Dr.Jones
- Chuck Hamilton - Gas Station Attendant
- Eddie Foster - City Slicker
- Al Bridge - Horgan
- Director(s):
- Robert Florey
- Writer(s):
- Allen Vincent, Paul Jarrico
- Producer(s):
- Wallace MacDonald
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