The Devil's Mask (1946)

6.1/10 65 min Mystery Crime

Overview

A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The perplexed police contact a local anthropology museum about this unclaimed piece of grisly baggage, where they intersect with Jack and Doc, two private eyes, called there to meet a mysterious woman who had a case for them and wanted to meet in private.

Cast

Jim Bannon

Jack Packard

Anita Louise

Janet Mitchell

Michael Duane

Rex Kennedy

Barton Yarborough

Doc Long

Paul E. Burns

Leon Hartman

Thomas E. Jackson

Det. Capt. Quinn

Mona Barrie

Louise Mitchell

Frank Wilcox

Prof. Arthur Logan

Richard Hale

Curator Raymond Halliday

Ludwig Donath

Dr. Karger

Mary Newton

Nurse

Edward Earle

E. R. Willard

John Elliott

John, butler

Frank Mayo

Quentin Mitchell

Coulter Irwin

Frank, Willard's aide

Harry Strang

Brophy, museum watchman

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