Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

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Behind the Mask

"A Slinking Fiend ... Sulking Terror ... Mad Murder!"

1932

1h 8m

5.7(16 votes)

Crime

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

Jack Holt

Jack Hart aka Quinn

Jack Holt

Acting

Constance Cummings

Julie Arnold

Constance Cummings

Acting

Boris Karloff

Jim Henderson

Boris Karloff

Acting

Claude King

Arnold

Claude King

Acting

Bertha Mann

Nurse Edwards

Bertha Mann

Acting

Edward Van Sloan

Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X

Edward Van Sloan

Acting

Willard Robertson

Capt. E.J. Hawkes

Willard Robertson

Acting

Thomas E. Jackson

Agent Burke

Thomas E. Jackson

Acting

Martha Mattox

Hotel Ansonia Maid

Martha Mattox

Acting

Jessie Arnold

Eastland Hospital Nurse

Jessie Arnold

Acting

Harry Tenbrook

Man in Black / Henchman in Boat

Harry Tenbrook

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