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Behind the Mask is a american film of genre Thriller directed by John Francis Dillon released in USA on 25 february 1932 with Jack Holt
Behind the Mask (1932)
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Add to a movie listBehind the Mask is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by John Francis Dillon, starring Jack Holt and featuring Boris Karloff.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Jack Holt
(Jack Hart aka Quinn)
Constance Cummings
(Julie Arnold)
Boris Karloff
(Jim Henderson)
Claude King
(Arnold)
Edward Van Sloan
(Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X)
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