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A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

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A Woman's Face

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

1941

1h 46m

6.8(74 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Anna Holm

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Dr. Gustaf Segert

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Torsten Barring

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

Richard Nichols

Lars-Erik Barring

Creative team

Directed by: George Cukor
Written by: Donald Ogden Stewart
Elliot Paul
Produced by: Victor Saville

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