"What fiendish fury turns man into monster?" 16 January 1941 Drama, Horror, Crime 69 mins
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
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Peter Lorre as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Evelyn Keyes as Helen Williams
Don Beddoe as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
George E. Stone as Dinky
John Tyrrell as Watts
Cy Schindell as Benson
Stanley Brown as Harry
James Seay as Jeff Jeffries
Warren Ashe as Johnson, Reporter
Charles C. Wilson as Chief O'Brien
George McKay as Terry Finnegan
Ernie Adams as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Sam Ash as Mike Cary - Pilot (uncredited)
Al Bridge as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
Mary Currier as Burn Treatment Nurse (uncredited)
John Dilson as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
Robert Florey Director
Paul Jarrico Screenplay
Arthur Levinson Story
Franz Planer Director of Photography
Morris Stoloff Music Director
Lionel Banks Art Direction
Charles Nelson Editor
Wallace MacDonald Producer
Ernie Parks Makeup Artist
Irving Briskin Executive Producer
Allen Vincent Screenplay
Sidney Cutner Original Music Composer
Milton Carter Assistant Director
William Mull Assistant Director
George Cooper Sound Engineer
Paul Mantz Stunts
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