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A Woman's Face( 1941)

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HOW COULD THIS WOMAN WIN A MAN'S LOVE...HIS KISSES...HIS EMBRACES...?

Overview

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joan Crawford

      Anna Holm

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      Melvyn Douglas

      Dr. Gustaf Segert

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      Conrad Veidt

      Torsten Barring

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      Osa Massen

      Vera Segert

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      Reginald Owen

      Bernard Dalvik

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      Albert Bassermann

      Consul Magnus Barring

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      Marjorie Main

      Emma Kristiansdotter

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      Donald Meek

      Herman Rundvik

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      Connie Gilchrist

      Christina Dalvik

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      Richard Nichols

      Lars-Erik Barring

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      Charles Quigley

      Eric

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      Gwili Andre

      Gusta

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      Clifford Brooke

      Wickman

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      George Zucco

      Defense Attorney

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      Henry Kolker

      Judge

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      Robert Warwick

      Associate Judge

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      Gilbert Emery

      Associate Judge

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      Henry Daniell

      Public Prosecutor

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      Sarah Padden

      Police Matron

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      William Farnum

      Court Attendant

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      Doris Day

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 25 2022
    Joan Crawford ("Anna") is on top form in this adept Cukorian adaptation of Francis de Croisset's play. Set in Sweden, she is a young girl scarred after an accident in her home many years earlier. Feeling herself rejected by society, she turns to petty blackmail with "Barring" (Conrad Veidt) and alights on the cheating wife "Vera" (Isa Massen) of plastic surgeon "Gustaf" (Melvyn Douglas). Whilst amidst her extortion attempts, she is apprehended by the doctor who mistakes her for a burglar. Persuaded not to call the police by his wife, "Gustaf" turns his attention to her disfigurement, and offers...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • sleigh
    • blackmail
    • transformation
    • love letter
    • plastic surgery
    • child in peril
    • little boy
    • bitterness
    • disfigured face
    • uncle nephew relationship
    • governess
    • blackmailer
    • adulteress
    • cable car
    • murder trial
    • aversion to mirrors