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The Mask

The Mask
★ 6.3/10•1961•1h 23m•Horror•Thriller

Look through the mask...if you can't take it...take it off!

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.

Julian Roffman · Director

Frank Taubes · Screenplay

Sandy Haver · Screenplay

Franklin Delessert · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 23m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 27, 1961

Actors

Paul Stevens

Paul Stevens

Doctor Allan Barnes

Claudette Nevins

Claudette Nevins

Pam Albright

Anne Collings

Anne Collings

Miss Goodrich

Bill Walker

Lieutenant Martin

Martin Lavut

Martin Lavut

Michael Radin

Leo Leyden

Leo Leyden

Doctor Soames

Norman Ettlinger

Professor Quincey

W.B. Brydon

Anderson (as Bill Bryden)

Jim Moran

Jim Moran

Eleanor Beecroft

Mrs. Kelly

Ray Lawlor

Lab Technician

Rudi Linschoten

Mime in Nightmare

Stephen Ker Appleby

Museum Guide (as Steven Appleby)

Alfie Scopp

Paul Elsom

Harry Blackstone

Self (in introduction added to video version) (uncredited)

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