Stolen Face

6/15/19521h 12m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Treachery wears a stolen face! ~

Overview:

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.

Director:

Terence Fisher

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

film noir
mad doctor
b movie
doctor
facial scar
plastic surgeon
british noir
doctor patient relationship
female convict
concert pianist
facial reconstruction

Cast

Paul Henreid

~ as ~

Dr. Philip Ritter

Lizabeth Scott

~ as ~

Alice Brent / Lily Conover

André Morell

~ as ~

David

Mary Mackenzie

~ as ~

Lily Conover, before surgery

John Wood

~ as ~

Dr. John 'Jack' Wilson

Susan Stephen

~ as ~

Betty

Arnold Ridley

~ as ~

Dr. Russell

Diana Beaumont

~ as ~

May

Cyril Smith

~ as ~

Alf Bixby, Innkeeper

Terence O'Regan

~ as ~

Pete Snipe

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
The problem with this rather mediocre tale is that the underlying premiss is really pretty far-fetched. Surgeon Paul Henreid has a brief assignation with a concert pianist (Lizabeth Scott) before she returns to her boyfriend "David" (Andre Morell). Obsessed with the woman, the physician carries out some restorative plastic surgery on a female prisoner and guess what - yep - when she emerges from the bandages, she could be her twin. Somewhat implausibly, he goes on to marry her, but soon discovers that she wasn't a prisoner for nothing, and when he meets the musician again (now sans boyfriend Morell) the wife sees her own reflection, so to speak, and things turn positively ugly! Very eagle eyed amongst us might spot Arnold Ridley (think "Dads Army with the his sister "Dolly") but really that is all one can say that might be of interest. The rest of it is all a bit procedural. Henreid was never my favourite leading man - his efforts, though charming, rarely got out of first gear and the dreadfully dubbed Cockney accent from Scott's rather base alter-ego "Lily" is pretty tough on the ears. There are loads of surgery/face/identity transplant style stories out there, many better than this.