The Devil's Mask

May. 23,1946      NR
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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