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The Man without a Face (1935)

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Film details

Featuring

Carol Coombe Cyril Cusack Moore Marriott
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1935
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Billy Desmond finds a £20 note and spends it. He is arrested and convicted as the note was stolen. In a crash on the way to prison he finds a body and escapes, handcuffing the body to the prison warder. But the man isn't dead and is held in custody, forcing Desmond to come forward. Eventually the police discover that the injured man is in fact the real murderer and Desmond is cleared.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Joan Ellis
    
    Carol Coombe
  - Billy Desmond
    
    Chosack, Cyril
  - Tinker John
    
    Moore Marriott
  - Paul Keefe
    
    Ronald Ritchie
  - detective
    
    Billy Holland
  - warder
    
    Ben Williams
  - policeman in park
    
    Fred Withers
  - landlady
    
    Vi Kaley
  - cast member
    
    Cecil Bevan
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    George King
  - Production Company
    
    Embassy Film Company
  - Presented by
    
    Randall Faye
  - [Producer]
    
    George King
  - Continuity
    
    Olga Brook
  - Scenario and Dialogue by
    
    Michael Trevellian
  - Adaptation
    
    Randall Faye
  - [Story] By
    
    St. John Erskine
  - [Photography]
    
    Geoffrey Faithfull
  - Editor
    
    John Seabourne
  - Recorder
    
    Hal Fuller
  - Recorded at
    
    Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames)

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