"HOW COULD THIS WOMAN WIN A MAN'S LOVE...HIS KISSES...HIS EMBRACES...?"

1941

1h 46m

6.8(69 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

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Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

Joan Crawford

Anna Holm

Acting

Melvyn Douglas

Dr. Gustaf Segert

Acting

Conrad Veidt

Torsten Barring

Acting

Osa Massen

Vera Segert

Acting

Reginald Owen

Bernard Dalvik

Acting

Albert Bassermann

Consul Magnus Barring

Acting

Marjorie Main

Emma Kristiansdotter

Acting

Donald Meek

Herman Rundvik

Acting

Connie Gilchrist

Christina Dalvik

Acting

Richard Nichols

Lars-Erik Barring

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Acting

Charles Quigley

Eric

Acting

Gwili Andre

Gusta

Acting

Clifford Brooke

Wickman

Acting

George Zucco

Defense Attorney

Acting

Henry Kolker

Judge

Acting

Robert Warwick

Associate Judge

Acting

Gilbert Emery

Associate Judge

Acting

Henry Daniell

Public Prosecutor

Acting

Sarah Padden

Police Matron

Acting

William Farnum

Court Attendant

Acting

Doris Day

Party Guest (uncredited)

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