Summaries

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

Anna Holm is a blackmailer, who, because of a facial scar, despises everyone she encounters. When a plastic surgeon performs an operation to correct this disfigurement, Anna becomes torn between the hope of starting a new life and a return to her dark past.—Kelly

In Sweden, a female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a gentleman who lives beyond his means. They become accomplices in blackmail, and she falls in love with him, bitterly resigned to the impossibility of his returning her affection. Her life changes when one of her victims proves to be the wife of a plastic surgeon, who catches her in his apartment, but believes her to be a jewel thief rather than a blackmailer. He offers her the chance to look like a normal woman again, and she accepts, despite the agony of multiple operations. Meanwhile, her gentleman accomplice forms an evil scheme to rid himself of the one person who stands in his way to a fortune - his four-year-old-nephew.—J. Spurlin

Details

Keywords
  • looking at oneself in a mirror
  • cheating wife
  • romantic reconciliation
  • cukor and crawford
  • sleigh chase
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
Release date May 8, 1941
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Box office

Budget $1343000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 46m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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