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Wikipedia article




'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'.Sterling & O'Dell p.373-74 As well as its crime theme, the film also incorporates elements of horror.Bansak p.367

Synopsis



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.

Cast



* Anita Louise as Janet Mitchell

* Jim Bannon as Jack Packard

* Michael Duane as Rex Kennedy

* Mona Barrie as Louise Mitchell

* Barton Yarborough as Doc Long

* Ludwig Donath as Dr. Karger

* Paul E. Burns as Leon Hartman

* Frank Wilcox as Prof. Arthur Logan

* Bud Averill as Museum Guard

* Edward Earle as E.R. Willard

* John Elliott as John the Butler

* Fred Godoy as Mendoza

* Richard Hale as Curator Raymond Halliday

* Coulter Irwin as Frank

* Thomas E. Jackson as Detective Captain Quinn

* Frank Mayo as Gordon R. Mitchell

* Mary Newton as Karger's Nurse

* Harry Strang as Brophy - Night Watchman

Critical reception



TV Guide called it an "enjoyable programmer."

References





Bibliography



* Bansak, Edmund G. 'Fearing the Dark: The Val Lewton Career'. McFarland, 2003.

* Sterling, Christopher H. & O'Dell, Cary. 'The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio'. Routledge, 2011.


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