Hollow Triumph
1948 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
John Muller (Paul Henreid), medical school dropout and brilliant crook, plans a holdup which goes a little bit wrong, and finds vindictive gambler Rocky Stansyck after him. At the end of his tether, he stumbles onto a lucky chance to assume an impenetrable new identity as psychiatrist Victor Bartok, who looks just like him but has a scar on his face.
Direction Steve Sekely · Paul Henreid
Cast Paul Henreid · Joan Bennett · Eduard Franz · Leslie Brooks · John Qualen · Mabel Paige · Herbert Rudley · Charles Arnt
Soundtrack Sol Kaplan
Screenplay Daniel Fuchs · Murray Forbes
Cinematography John Alton
Original title Hollow Triumph
Also known as The Scar · The Man Who Murdered Himself
6.6
544 votes (FilmAffinity)
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