The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
August 23, 1936Release Date
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
August 23, 1936Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hugh Williams
Nick Barclay
Jane Baxter
Lady June Slade
Ronald Ward
Jimmy Slade
George Merritt
Det. Insp. Mallory
Maurice Schwartz
The Master (Paul Melchior)
Henry Oscar
Interpol Detective
Michael Powell
Director
Donald Calthrop
Dr. Harold E. Walpole
Jack Byrd
Writer
Kitty Kelly
Marian Weeks
Syd Courtenay
Writer
Jacques Futrelle
Writer
Wilfrid Caithness
Raines - the butler
Ian Hay
Writer
Peter Gawthorne
Lord Slade
Stanley Haynes
Writer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Man Behind the Mask is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Michael Powell and starring Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Ronald Ward, Maurice Schwartz, George Merritt, Henry Oscar and Peter Gawthorne. A man assaults and switches places with another at a masked ball, and then attempts a major theft β casting suspicion on the original man.The Man Behind the Mask was produced by Joe Rock, for Joe Rock Productions. It was made at Rock Studios, Elstree.The Man Behind the Mask was missing from the BFI National Archive, and was one of three Powell films included on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of lost films. It is the last of Powell's "quota quickies".A print of the American release, titled Behind the Mask, has been found, but it is a cut version of the original UK film.