The Man Behind the Mask

Year: 1936

Runtime: 55 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Powell

Drama

After a secret plan to elope, a young couple slips into a masked ball, hoping for a romantic start. The evening shatters when the woman is violently attacked and taken hostage by a deranged assailant, thrusting the man into a desperate race against time to rescue her.

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