A doctor heals by day, steals by night—Robin Hood with a medical degree and a guilty conscience.
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
Acting
Hugh Williams makes corruption look exhausted, not exciting—devastating.
Direction
T. Hayes Hunter squeezes London's soot and sin into 71 tight minutes.
Director
T. Hayes Hunter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood (1930-1934) let criminals win and virtue suffer—censors killed this freedom in 1934. White Face is a time capsule of moral ambiguity they quickly buried.
T. Hayes Hunter was a rare American director who thrived in British studios; this was his final film before retirement. He went out on a bummer—fitting.
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