--- title: 'Stolen Face (1952)' type: 'film' director: 'Terence Fisher' released: '1952-01-01' runtime_minutes: 72 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' - 'Science Fiction' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stolen-face-1952' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045191/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Stolen Face (1952) 1952 · 72 min · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Crime · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Stolen Face is a 1952 British film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott and André Morell. The screenplay was by Martin Berkeley and Richard Landau based on a story by Alexander Paal and Steven Vas. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director and Phil Leakey handled Makeup. Lead actors Henreid and Scott both were experiencing downturns in their careers and welcomed the chance to work in this film. It also featured Andre Morell's first work for Hammer. Filming began Oct. 29, 1951, and wrapped on December 4th. It was trade shown on April 12, 1952, and released at the Plaza on May 2nd, the first Hammer film ever to open at a prestigious West End cinema. This film was a preview of things to come for Hammer, with its borderline science-fiction theme and the involvement of director Terence Fisher, foreshadowing Hammer's later successes in the horror film genre. ## Credits - **Director:** [Terence Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-fisher) - **Screenplay:** [Martin Berkeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-berkeley) - **Original Music Composer:** [Malcolm Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-arnold) - **Producer:** [Anthony Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hinds) - **Director of Photography:** [Walter J. Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-j-harvey) - **Editor:** [Maurice Rootes](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-rootes) ## Cast - [Arnold Ridley](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-ridley) - [Lizabeth Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/lizabeth-scott) - [André Morell](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-morell) - [John Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wood) - [Paul Henreid](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-henreid) - [Richard Wattis](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-wattis) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/stolen-face-1952 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3499652); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.