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5.6/10 • 26

1952-05-011h 12m

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Treachery wears a stolen face!

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.

Directors
Terence Fisher
Editors
Maurice Rootes

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  1. Paul Henreid

    Paul Henreid

    Dr. Philip Ritter

  2. Lizabeth Scott

    Lizabeth Scott

    Alice Brent / Lily Conover

  3. André Morell

    André Morell

    David

  4. Mary Mackenzie

    Mary Mackenzie

    Lily Conover, before surgery

  5. John Wood

    John Wood

    Dr. John 'Jack' Wilson

  6. Susan Stephen

    Susan Stephen

    Betty

  7. Arnold Ridley

    Arnold Ridley

    Dr. Russell

  8. Diana Beaumont

    Diana Beaumont

    May

  9. Cyril Smith

    Cyril Smith

    Alf Bixby, Innkeeper

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CinemaSerf

Sep 9, 2022

6/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
film noirmad doctorb moviedoctorfacial scarplastic surgeonbritish noirdoctor patient relationshipfemale convictconcert pianistfacial reconstruction