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The Man with Two Faces is a american film of genre Drama directed by Archie Mayo released in USA on 4 august 1934 with Edward G. Robinson

The Man with Two Faces (1934)

The Man with Two Faces
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Released in USA 4 august 1934
Length 1h12
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating63% 3.1973653.1973653.1973653.1973653.197365

The Man with Two Faces (1934) is a Warner Bros. film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Louis Calhern, Mae Clarke, and David Landau. The story was adapted by Tom Reed and Niven Busch from the play The Dark Tower by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott.

The Man with Two Faces was actress Margaret Dale's last movie and her only talkie. She and Anton Stengel are the only two actors from the Broadway play to appear in the film. In 2010, this film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive Collection.

Synopsis

Jessica Wells (Astor) is a beautiful and talented actress, returning to the stage after a three-year absence. Although her triumphal return seems certain, family and friends are shocked when Vance (Calhern), her long-lost husband with a criminal past, shows up at the family home. He immediately exerts his influence on the vivacious Jessica, and she becomes a sleepwalking automaton blindly obeying orders.

Actors

Edward G. Robinson

(Damon Welles / Jules Chautard)
Mary Astor

(Jessica Wells)
Ricardo Cortez

(Ben Weston)
Mae Clarke

(Daphne Flowers)
Louis Calhern

(Stanley Vance)
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