--- title: 'The Man Behind the Mask (1936)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Powell' released: '1936-01-01' runtime_minutes: 79 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-behind-the-mask-1936' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027935/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Man Behind the Mask (1936) 1936 · 79 min · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom ## Synopsis The Man Behind the Mask is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Michael Powell and starring Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Ronald Ward, Maurice Schwartz, George Merritt, Henry Oscar and Peter Gawthorne. A man assaults and switches places with another at a masked ball, and then attempts a major theft – casting suspicion on the original man. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell) - **Screenplay:** [Syd Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/syd-courtenay) - **Producer:** [Joe Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-rock) - **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-palmer) - **Editor:** [Sam Simmonds](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-simmonds) ## Cast - [Henry Oscar](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-oscar) - [George Merritt](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-merritt) - [Barbara Everest](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-everest) - [Kitty Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/kitty-kelly) - [Jane Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-baxter) - [Hugh Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-williams) - [Maurice Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-schwartz) - [Donald Calthrop](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-calthrop) - [Esma Cannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/esma-cannon) - [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey-2) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-behind-the-mask-1936 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7749856); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.