Behind the Mask (1932 film)
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Directed byJohn Francis Dillon
Written byJo Swerling
(story "In the Secret Service")
Jo Swerling
(dialogue)
(story "In the Secret Service")
Jo Swerling
(dialogue)
StarringJack Holt
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
(as Teddy Tetzlaff)
(as Teddy Tetzlaff)
| Behind the Mask | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Francis Dillon |
| Written by | Jo Swerling (story "In the Secret Service") Jo Swerling (dialogue) |
| Starring | Jack Holt |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff (as Teddy Tetzlaff) |
| Edited by | Otis Garrett |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Behind the Mask is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Jack Holt, Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan.[1][2]
A federal agent goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation headed by a mysterious Mr. X, 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.
Cast
- Jack Holt as Jack Hart aka Quinn
- Constance Cummings as Julie Arnold
- Boris Karloff as Jim Henderson
- Claude King as Arnold
- Bertha Mann as Nurse Edwards
- Edward Van Sloan as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
- Willard Robertson as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
- Thomas E. Jackson as Agent Burke (as Tommy Jackson)