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Behind the Mask is a 1932 American pre-code crime horror film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Jack Holt, Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan.[1][2]

Behind the Mask
Film poster
Directed by	John Francis Dillon
Written by	Jo Swerling (story "In the Secret Service") Jo Swerling (dialogue)
Starring	Jack Holt
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff (as Teddy Tetzlaff)
Edited by	Otis Garrett
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 25, 1932 (1932-02-25)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Cast

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

See also

• List of American films of 1932
• Boris Karloff filmography

References

External links

• Behind the Mask at IMDb
• Behind the Mask at AllMovie

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