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A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

HOW COULD THIS WOMAN WIN A MAN'S LOVE...HIS KISSES...HIS EMBRACES...?

19416.81h 46m

Overview

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

Directed by George Cukor
Written by Francis de Croisset, Elliot Paul, Donald Ogden Stewart
Produced by Victor Saville
Box OfficeBudget: $1.3MRevenue: $1.9M

Top Cast

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Anna Holm

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Dr. Gustaf Segert

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Torsten Barring

Osa Massen

Osa Massen

Vera Segert

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Bernard Dalvik

Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann

Consul Magnus Barring

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

Emma Kristiansdotter

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

Herman Rundvik

Connie Gilchrist

Connie Gilchrist

Christina Dalvik

R

Richard Nichols

Lars-Erik Barring

Themes & Keywords

sleighblackmailtransformationlove letterplastic surgerychild in perillittle boybitternessdisfigured faceuncle nephew relationshipgovernessadulteresscable carmurder trialold hollywoodaversion to mirrorsnoir

About A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face is a drama, thriller film released in 1941 exploring themes of sleigh, blackmail, transformation, love letter, plastic surgery, child in peril. Directed by George Cukor, it stars Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt. A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

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