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Albert Band (writer)
Stephen Crane (story)
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Release Date:
9 August 1959 (USA) more
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Who Would Dare Lift the Mask!
Plot:
A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Cameron Mitchell ... Ned Trescott
James Whitmore ... Monk Johnson
Bettye Ackerman ... Grace Trescott
Royal Dano ... Jake Winter
Miko Oscard ... Jimmie Trescott
Robert F. Simon ... The Judge
Richard Erdman ... Al Williams
Howard Smith ... Sheriff Nolan

Lois Maxwell ... Ethel Winter
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Jill Donohue ... Bella Kovac
Hjördis Petterson ... Mrs. Kovac
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Also Known As:
Mannen utan ansikte (Sweden)
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79 min
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Haunting Image, 12 July 2003
Author: (potshotk@aol.com) from Las Vegas, NV

Though the film would have been even more profound had they used the African-American version of Monk (as in the Stephen Crane short story, "The Monster"), Whitmore proves himself among the most neglected character actors in film history as the hideously scarred handyman. Band's direction is poignant -- as is the heartbreaking image of Monk, in his straw boater with black veil attached, showing up for a "date" with his freaked out girlfriend. Along with "Battleground" and "Them!" this is among Whitmore's most memorable work.

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