Stolen Face
Treachery wears a stolen face!
1952 | 72m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Terence Fisher |
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| Writer: | Martin Berkeley, Richard H. Landau, Alexander Paal, Steven Vas |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 01, 1952 |
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| Director: | Terence Fisher |
| Writer: | Martin Berkeley, Richard H. Landau, Alexander Paal, Steven Vas |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | film noir, mad doctor, b movie, doctor, facial scar, plastic surgeon, british noir, doctor patient relationship, female convict, concert pianist, facial reconstruction |
| Production Companies | Hammer Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Henreid | Dr. Philip Ritter |
| Lizabeth Scott | Alice Brent / Lily Conover |
| André Morell | David |
| Mary Mackenzie | Lily Conover, before surgery |
| John Wood | Dr. John 'Jack' Wilson |
| Susan Stephen | Betty |
| Arnold Ridley | Dr. Russell |
| Diana Beaumont | May |
| Cyril Smith | Alf Bixby, Innkeeper |
| Terence O'Regan | Pete Snipe |
| Russell Napier | Det. Cutler |
| Ambrosine Phillpotts | Miss Patten - Fur Department Clerk |
| Everley Gregg | Lady Millicent Harringay |
| Alexis France | Mrs. Emmett |
| John Bull | Charles Emmett |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Terence Fisher | Director |
| Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Walter J. Harvey | Director of Photography |
| Martin Berkeley | Screenplay |
| Richard H. Landau | Screenplay |
| Alexander Paal | Story |
| Steven Vas | Story |
| Nora Roberts | Casting |
| Maurice Rootes | Editor |
| Bill Griffiths | Hairstylist |
| C. Wilfred Arnold | Art Direction |
| Philip Leakey | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anthony Hinds | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
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.