Behind the Mask (1932 film)

Behind the Mask
Film poster
Directed by	John Francis Dillon
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Written by	Dorothy Howell Jo Swerling
Starring	Jack Holt Constance Cummings
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Otis Garrett
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	February 25, 1932 (1932-02-25)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Behind the Mask is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by John Francis Dillon, starring Jack Holt and featuring Boris Karloff.

Cast

Jack Holt as Jack Hart
Constance Cummings as Julie Arnold
Boris Karloff as Jim Henderson
Claude King as Arnold
Bertha Mann as Edwards
Edward Van Sloan as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
Willard Robertson as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
Thomas E. Jackson as Burke

Plot

A federal agent (Holt) goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation headed by a mysterious Mr. X (Van Sloan), a criminal mastermind whose identity is unknown even to his henchmen. Mr. X is also running a bogus hospital where victims are killed on the operating table, and their coffins stuffed with narcotics. The drug-filled coffins are then buried in a cemetery.

External links

Behind the Mask at the Internet Movie Database
Behind the Mask at AllMovie

Films directed by John Francis Dillon

1910s	The Key to Yesterday (1914) His taking Ways (uncredited) (1914) Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (1915) Curing Father (1915) Deserted at the Auto (1915) One to the Minute (1915) Almost a Widow (1915) Johnny the Barber (1915) Anita's Butterfly (1915) Two Hearts and a Thief (1915) Kiddus, Kids and Kiddo (1915) Getting in Wrong (1916) Some Night (1916) Bungling Bill's Burglar (1916) Walk This Way (1916) Paddy's Political Dream (1916) Igorrotes, Crocodiles, and a Hat Box (1916) Heaven Will Protect a Woiking Goil (1916) Too Much Married (1916) Love Dynamite and Baseballs (1916) More Truth Than Poetry (1916) Bungling Bill's Peeping Ways (1916) Search Me! (1916) The Lion Hearted Chief (1916) Bungling Bill, Detective (1916) Knocking Out Knockout Kelly (1916) A Mix-Up in Photos (1916) Slipping It Over on Father (1916) Bungling Bill, Doctor (1916) A Mixup at Rudolph's (1916) Chinatown Villains (1916) National Nuts (1916) When Papa Died (1916) Nailing on the Lid (1916) His Blowout (1916) Delinquent Bridegrooms (1916) The Iron Mitt (1916) Just for a Kid (1916) Hired and Fired (1916) A Deep Sea Liar (1916) For Ten Thousand Bucks (1916) Bungling Bill's Dress Suit (1916)

1920s	Suds (1920) The Right of Way (1920) Blackbirds (1920) The Plaything of Broadway (1921) Children of the Night (1921) The Roof Tree (1921) Gleam O'Dawn (1922) The Yellow Stain (1922) The Cub Reporter (1922) Calvert's Valley (1922) Man Wanted (1922) The Broken Violin (1923) The Self-Made Wife (1923) The Huntress (1923) Flaming Youth (1923) Lilies of the Field (1924) The Perfect Flapper (1924) Flirting with Love (1924) If I Marry Again (1925) One Way Street (1925) Chickie (1925) The Half-Way Girl (1925) We Moderns (1925) Too Much Money (1926) Don Juan's Three Nights (1926) Midnight Lovers (1926) Love's Blindness (1926) The Sea Tiger (1927) The Prince of Headwaiters (1927) Smile, Brother, Smile (1927) The Crystal Cup (1927) Man Crazy (1927) The Noose (1928) The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928) Out of the Ruins (1928) Scarlet Seas (1928) Children of the Ritz (1929) Careers (1929) Fast Life (1929) Sally (1929)

1930s	Spring Is Here (1930)(uncredited) (1930) Bride of the Regiment (1930) The Girl of the Golden West (1930) One Night at Susie's (1930) Kismet (1930) Millie (1931) The Finger Points (1931) The Reckless Hour (1931) The Pagan Lady (1931) Behind the Mask (1932) The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) Man About Town (1932) Call Her Savage (1932) Humanity (1933) 'Tis Spring (1933) The Big Shakedown (1934)

Jo Swerling

Screenwriting	Humor Risk (1921) Ladies of Leisure (1930) Madonna of the Streets (1930) Dirigible (1931) The Miracle Woman (1931) Platinum Blonde (1931) Forbidden (1932) Behind the Mask (1932) Love Affair (1932) Attorney for the Defense (1932) The Defense Rests (1934) Lady by Choice (1934) Once to Every Woman (1934) Love Me Forever (1935) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) Pennies from Heaven (1936) Double Wedding (1937) Made for Each Other (1939) The Real Glory (1939) Gone with the Wind (1939) The Westerner (1940) Blood and Sand (1941) Confirm or Deny (1941) The Pride of the Yankees (1942) Crash Dive (1943) Lifeboat (1944) Leave Her to Heaven (1945) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Thunder in the East (1952) Guys and Dolls (1955) The Big Bankroll (1961)

Other	Guys and Dolls

Family	Peter Swerling (son)

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Behind the Mask (1932 film)

Cast

Plot

See also

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