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The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

What fiendish fury turns man into monster?
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Overview:

Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a skilled craftsman is caught in a fire, and his face is horribly scarred. Unable to get a job, and with nowhere else to turn, he begins working for the criminal underworld.
Released: 1941-01-16
Duration: 01:09:00
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Director: Robert Florey
Writer: Paul Jarrico, Arthur Levinson
Cast: Peter Lorre, James Seay, George E. Stone, ...
Director: Robert Florey
Writer: Paul Jarrico Arthur Levinson
Cast: Peter Lorre James Seay George E. Stone Evelyn Keyes Don Beddoe John Tyrrell Cy Schindell Stanley Brown Warren Ashe Charles C. Wilson George McKay
Genre: Crime Drama Film-Noir Thriller
Description

The film is the story of a hopeful new Hungarian immigrant Janos Szabo (Peter Lorre), who, on his first day in New York City, is trapped in a hotel fire that leaves his face hideously scarred. Refused employment due to his appearance, although he possesses tremendous skill as a watchmaker, the only way he can survive is by turning to theft, using his skilled hands to disable alarms. Eventually he becomes the leader of a gang of thieves and raises money to commission and wear a realistic latex mask of his own face.

Janos then falls in love with Helen (Evelyn Keyes) a blind woman who sees only the good in him, and attempts to leave his life of crime behind him. Unfortunately, his gang come to believe that he has betrayed them to the police, and attempt to kill him by car bomb, an attempt on his life that he survives but which kills Helen. In retaliation, Janos disguises himself as the pilot of the private plane the gang is flying out of the city with, which he lands in the Arizona desert and lets out the fuel, suicidally stranding both the gang and himself without food or water, dooming them all to a slow death. At the film's end, Janos's body and that of his enemies are discovered by the police.

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