A crashed plane that had a shrunken head aboard is the only clue to a mystery involving a secret code.A crashed plane that had a shrunken head aboard is the only clue to a mystery involving a secret code.A crashed plane that had a shrunken head aboard is the only clue to a mystery involving a secret code.
Bud Averill
- Museum Guard
- (uncredited)
Edward Earle
- E.R. Willard
- (uncredited)
John Elliott
- John the Butler
- (uncredited)
Fred Godoy
- Mendoza
- (uncredited)
Richard Hale
- Curator Raymond Halliday
- (uncredited)
Coulter Irwin
- Frank
- (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
- Detective Captain Quinn
- (uncredited)
Frank Martin
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
- Gordon R. Mitchell
- (uncredited)
Mary Newton
- Karger's Nurse
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSecond of the three 'I Love a Mystery' thrillers released by Columbia PIctures, based on the popular radio series of the same name that aired on the NBC radio network from 1939 to 1944.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Unknown (1946)
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Devil's Mask, The (1946)
* (out of 4)
The title might make it sound like a forgotten horror film but it's actually part of Columbia's "I Love a Mystery" series, which was based on the radio show. A plane crashes without anyone getting killed but the strange thing is a shrunken Indian head, which leads two detectives (Jim Bannon, Barton Yarborough) on a strange case that includes a mysterious woman being stalked by a hired killer. I've been watching a lot of these "B" series this year and this one here is by far the worst film I've seen from any of the series. I'm not sure if others are better but I won't be finding out anytime soon. The two leads are downright horrible and their style of comedy is long past funny and I doubt it was very funny back in 1946. The supporting cast is equally dull as is the screenplay and the actual mystery. The ending is actually pretty good but I wouldn't recommend sitting through the rest of the film just to reach it.
* (out of 4)
The title might make it sound like a forgotten horror film but it's actually part of Columbia's "I Love a Mystery" series, which was based on the radio show. A plane crashes without anyone getting killed but the strange thing is a shrunken Indian head, which leads two detectives (Jim Bannon, Barton Yarborough) on a strange case that includes a mysterious woman being stalked by a hired killer. I've been watching a lot of these "B" series this year and this one here is by far the worst film I've seen from any of the series. I'm not sure if others are better but I won't be finding out anytime soon. The two leads are downright horrible and their style of comedy is long past funny and I doubt it was very funny back in 1946. The supporting cast is equally dull as is the screenplay and the actual mystery. The ending is actually pretty good but I wouldn't recommend sitting through the rest of the film just to reach it.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 27, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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