The Man Behind the Mask

1936

0h 55m

4.8(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.

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20 members

Acting

Hugh Williams

Nick Barclay

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Jane Baxter

Lady June Slade

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Ronald Ward

Jimmy Slade

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Maurice Schwartz

The Master

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George Merritt

Det. Insp. Mallory

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Henry Oscar

Interpol Detective

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Donald Calthrop

Dr. Harold E. Walpole

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Kitty Kelly

Marian Weeks

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Wilfrid Caithness

Raines - the butler

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Peter Gawthorne

Lord Slade

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Gerald Fielding

Harrah

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Reginald Tate

Allan Hayden

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Moyra Fagan

Nada

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Ivor Barnard

Hewitt

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Barbara Everest

Lady Slade

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Hal Gordon

Sergeant

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Syd Crossley

Policeman

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Henry Caine

Beetson - Nick's Butler

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Esma Cannon

Waitress

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Cameron Hall

Cast Member

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