Behind the Mask (1932)

Edward Van Sloan: Dr. August Steiner, Dr. Alec Munsell, Mr. X

Quotes 

• Mr. X : [as Hart is restrained on the operating table]  I am just going to cut away your shirt. You don't mind? The pain when I am going through the layers of skin will not be unendurable. It is only when I am able to cut on the inside that you will realize you are having... an experience.

  [He cackles under his surgical mask] 

  Mr. X : Wasn't it Nietzsche, who said that unendurable pain merges into ecstasy?

• Jim Henderson : [as Henderson goes into X's lab]  Hello, Doc!

  Jim Henderson : [X turns the noisy machines off]  How's the old throat specialist?

  Mr. X : It will be a pleasure, Henderson, to work on your throat... someday.

  Jim Henderson : [He laughs nervously]  No, thank you, Doctor.

• Jack Hart aka Quinn : I'll guarantee this: no matter what happens to me, this butcher shop won't be here tomorrow.

  Mr. X : Neither will you.