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Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe

Janos Szaby 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. Although a skilled craftsman his hideous feat...( read more  read more... )ures make it impossible for him to get work, and driven by despair he is forced to turn to crime to live. He finds himself very proficient at that, and soon makes enough money to buy a very lifelike mask to hide his scars behind. He hates what he does, but is he in too deep to get out?

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Unrated, 69 min.

Directed by: Robert Florey

Release Date: January 16, 1941

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  • RCMerchant
    August 2, 2008
    RCMerchant
    An underated a near forgotton film. Peter Lorre isn't an insane lunatic or bumbling side kick,for once. Here he's a sympathatic immigrant to America,shunned by society because of his hideously burned face. He turns to a life a crime to makes ends meet,and falls in love with a bli...( read more)nd girl. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (If you can find it. )

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