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Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre make a marvelous team in this exhilarating and atmospheric film noir that Daily Variety hailed as “one of the most brilliant crime dramas yet filmed.”
When the body of Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott) washes ashore in Istanbul, there is cause for celebration all across Europe. The devious sociopath has left as his legacy an array of crimes including blackmail, thievery, murder and high treason.
Interested in chronicling the dead man's unscrupulous exploits, mystery writer Cornelius Leyden (Lorre) takes up his trail, aided by a mysterious man named Peters (Greenstreet). But as Leyden zeroes in on the truth about Dimitrios, he finds that his new associate has an ulterior motive in helping him – with Leyden as the unwitting accomplice!
As suspenseful and riveting as the Eric Ambler novel on which it is based, The Mask of Dimitrios is “an exceptional picture” (Los Angeles Times) that delivers nonstop, pulse-quickening excitement!
Original Release
06/23/1944
US Release
06/23/1944
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sydney Greenstreet | Mr. Peters |
Zachary Scott | Dimitrios Makropoulos |
Faye Emerson | Irana Preveza |
Peter Lorre | Cornelius Leyden |
Victor Francen | Wladislaw Grudek |
Steven Geray | Karel Bulic |
Florence Bates | Madame Elise Chavez |
Eduardo Ciannelli | Marukakis (as Edward Ciannelli) / Marukakis |
Kurt Katch | Colonel Haki |
Marjorie Hoshelle | Anna Bulic |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sydney Greenstreet | Mr. Peters |
Zachary Scott | Dimitrios Makropoulos |
Faye Emerson | Irana Preveza |
Peter Lorre | Cornelius Leyden |
Victor Francen | Wladislaw Grudek |
Steven Geray | Karel Bulic |
Florence Bates | Madame Elise Chavez |
Eduardo Ciannelli | Marukakis (as Edward Ciannelli) / Marukakis |
Kurt Katch | Colonel Haki |
Marjorie Hoshelle | Anna Bulic |
Georges Metaxa | Hans Werner |
John Abbott | Mr. Pappas |
Monte Blue | Abdul Dhris |
David Hoffman | Konrad |
Charles Andre | French Train Conductor |
Vince Barnett | Card Game Kibitzer |
Felix Basch | Vazoff |
Edward Biby | Nightclub Patron |
Ted Billings | Bar Patron |
John Bleifer | Coach Driver |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Henry Blanke | Producer |