The Devil's Mask | |
Director: | Henry Levin |
Producer: | Wallace MacDonald |
Narrator: | Frank Martin |
Starring: | Anita Louise Jim Bannon Michael Duane Mona Barrie |
Music: | George Duning Irving Gertz |
Cinematography: | Henry Freulich |
Editing: | Jerome Thoms |
Studio: | Columbia Pictures |
Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
Runtime: | 65 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Devil's Mask is a 1946 American crime film directed by Henry Levin and starring Anita Louise, Jim Bannon and Michael Duane.The film was the second of three B pictures based on the popular radio series I Love a Mystery.[1] As well as its crime theme, the film also incorporates elements of horror.[2] It was preceded by I Love a Mystery, and followed by The Unknown.[3]
Two private detectives are asked to go to a museum to meet a woman who claims she is about to be murdered by her stepdaughter. The case becomes linked to a plane crash, a shrunken head just sent to the museum, and a scientist who disappeared during an expedition to South America.
TV Guide called it an "enjoyable programmer".[4]