The Devil's Mask

The Devil's Mask

65 mins | Crime, Mystery | May 23, 1946

A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The perplexed police contact a local anthropology museum about this unclaimed piece of grisly baggage, where they intersect with Jack and Doc, two private eyes, called there to meet a mysterious woman who had a case for them and wanted to meet in private.

The Devil's Mask

65 mins | Crime, Mystery | May 23, 1946

The Devil's Mask
A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The perplexed police contact a local anthropology museum about this unclaimed piece of grisly baggage, where they intersect with Jack and Doc, two private eyes, called there to meet a mysterious woman who had a case for them and wanted to meet in private.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Devil's Mask
Directors Carl Hiecke, Henry Levin
Writers Charles O'Neal

Cast

Jim Bannon

as Jack Packard

Anita Louise

as Janet Mitchell

Michael Duane

as Rex Kennedy

Barton Yarborough

as Doc Long

Paul E. Burns

as Leon Hartman

Thomas E. Jackson

as Det. Capt. Quinn

Mona Barrie

as Louise Mitchell

Frank Wilcox

as Prof. Arthur Logan

Richard Hale

as Curator Raymond Halliday

Ludwig Donath

as Dr. Karger

Mary Newton

as Nurse

Edward Earle

as E. R. Willard

Fred Godoy

as Senor Mendoza

John Elliott

as John, butler

Frank Mayo

as Quentin Mitchell

Frank Martin

as Introductory Narrator (voice)

Coulter Irwin

as Frank, Willard's aide

Bud Averill

as Closing-Time Museum Guard

Harry Strang

as Brophy, museum watchman