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The Face Behind the Mask is a 1941 American film noir crime film 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).
The Face Behind the Mask: Directed by Robert Florey. With Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone. A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Florey
- 1941-01-16
The Face Behind the Mask Released Jan 16, 1941 1h 9m Horror List Reviews 68% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Hungarian immigrant Janos Szabo (Peter Lorre) is left disfigured after a fire.
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Horror
- Robert Florey
Jan 16, 2021 · Distraught after learning that plastic surgery is impossible, disfigured immigrant turned master criminal Szabo (Peter Lorre, pretending to be wearing an excellent Peter Lorre mask) meets blind Helen (Evelyn Keyes), who doesn’t care how he looks, in The Face Behind The Mask, 1941.
- Robert Florey, Milton Carter, William Mull
- Peter Lorre
Story. John Chard. In this low-budget thriller, 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.
Summaries. A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime. Janos Szabo is a kind, innocent immigrant to America. Just after he arrives though, he is caught in a fire and his face is horribly burned and disfigured.
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One of the darkest and saddest films of the early noir period, Robert Florey’s The Face Behind the Mask stars noir legend Peter Lorre as starry-eyed, kind-spirited Hungarian immigrant Janos “Johnny” Szabo for whom the American dream results in the annihilation of both his body and soul. After a fire deforms his face to monstrous ...
