"Unmasking the man behind your back!"

1942

1h 49m

6.9(562 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Robert Cummings

Barry Kane

Priscilla Lane

Pat Martin

Otto Kruger

Charles Tobin

Alan Baxter

Freeman

Clem Bevans

Neilson

Norman Lloyd

Frank Fry

Alma Kruger

Mrs. Henrietta Sutton

Vaughan Glaser

Mr. Miller

Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Mason

Ian Wolfe

Robert

Creative team

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Written by: Peter Viertel
Dorothy Parker
Produced by: Frank Lloyd

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