Face Behind The Mask, The (1941)

Janos Szabo (Peter Lorre) is a kind, innocent immigrant to America. Just after he arrives though, he is caught in a fire and his face is horribly burned and disfigured. Although a skilled craftsman his hideous features make it impossible for him to get work, and driven by despair he is forced to turn to crime to live. He finds himself very proficient at that, and soon makes enough money to buy a very lifelike mask to hide his scars behind. He hates what he does, but is he in too deep to get out? Also stars Evelyn Keyes and Don Beddoe.

This film came from an Australian import print in excellent picture quality.