Behind the Mask (1932 film)
| Behind the Mask | |
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| File:Behind the Mask.png Film poster | |
| Directed by | John Francis Dillon |
| Written by | Dorothy Howell Jo Swerling |
| Produced by | Harry Cohn |
| Starring | Jack Holt Constance Cummings |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Edited by | Otis Garrett |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Behind the Mask is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by John Francis Dillon, starring Jack Holt and featuring Boris Karloff.
Cast
- Jack Holt as Jack Hart
- Constance Cummings as Julie Arnold
- Boris Karloff as Jim Henderson
- Claude King as Arnold
- Bertha Mann as Edwards
- Edward Van Sloan as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
- Willard Robertson as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
- Thomas E. Jackson as Burke
Plot
A federal agent (Holt) goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation headed by a mysterious Mr. X (Van Sloan), a criminal mastermind whose identity is unknown even to his henchmen. Mr. X is also running a bogus hospital where victims are killed on the operating table, and their coffins stuffed with narcotics. The drug-filled coffins are then buried in a cemetery.
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