A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
- Awards
- 3 wins
James Arness
- Young Detective
- (uncredited)
Pat Barton
- Second Hat Check Girl
- (uncredited)
David Bond
- Dr. Richards
- (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
- Person
- (uncredited)
Laura K. Brooks
- Lady Wanting Matches
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaIn her essay "Humphrey and Bogey", Louise Brooks wrote that more than any other role that Humphrey Bogart played, it was the role of Dixon Steele in this movie that came closest to the real Bogart she knew.
- GoofsWhen Dixon pours drinks for himself and Mildred, he uncaps a bottle and pours into the glass. Between cuts, the bottle appears capped before he is seen recapping it. In the subsequent shots, he moves the same bottle from one place to another, and it appears first uncapped, then capped.
- Quotes
Dixon Steele: I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Featured review
The Far From Mighty Scribe...
The fickle world of writing scripts has set the beat, left you lonely, isolated, in retreat, cynical and quite sneering, motivation is despairing, a murdered hat-check girl brings police and some heat. Laurel Gray provides an alibi, defence, an affair that takes a day to start, commence, passions burn and fires rage, as you draft from page to page, past history suggests, you are quite tense. As time moves on, your anger oversteps the mark, your whole demeanour's built on fury and is dark, as you erupt and overflow, people aren't safe, punches get thrown, you're bite's at lot more worse, after you've barked.
Great performances, a dark and disturbing tale, as relevant today as it was back then, which can't always be said for films of the time.
Great performances, a dark and disturbing tale, as relevant today as it was back then, which can't always be said for films of the time.
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- Aug 12, 2023
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Behind the Mask
- Filming locations
- City Hall - 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA(exteriors: Dixon leaves police headquarters after first questioning; seen later from post office across street)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $22,276
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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