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The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask
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1941
1h 9m
6.5(48 votes)
Crime
Drama
Horror

Overview

A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

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