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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)

Behind the Mask
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Released in USA 25 february 1932
Length 1h8
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Horror,    Crime
Rating59% 2.952312.952312.952312.952312.95231

Behind 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)
And :
Willard Robertson
Clarence Burton
Martha Mattox
Thomas E. Jackson
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