Face of Fire

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Face of Fire

"Who Would Dare Lift the Mask!"

1959

1h 19m

5.6(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.

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19 members

Acting

James Whitmore

Monk Johnson

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Royal Dano

Jake Winter

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Bettye Ackerman

Grace Trescott

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Cameron Mitchell

Ned Trescott

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Miko Oscard

Jimmie Trescott

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Robert F. Simon

The Judge

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Richard Erdman

Al Williams

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Howard Smith

Sheriff Nolan

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Lois Maxwell

Ethel Winter

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Jill Donohue

Bella Kovac

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Harold Kasket

Reifsnyder, the barber

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Hjördis Petterson

Unknown Role

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Aletha Orr

Martha

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Charles Fawcett

Citizen in Barbershop

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Robert Trebor

Dr. John

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Doreen Denning

Kate

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Lorena Holmin

Carrie

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Hjördis Petterson

Mrs. Kovac

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Annabelle Lee

Prostitute

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