''The Face of Marble'' is a 1946 American horror film directed by

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and starring

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, Claudia Drake and

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Plot

A doctor and his assistant attempt to bring back to life ones who have recently died. The housemaid, Maria, however, has other plans...

Cast

as Dr. Charles Randolph * Claudia Drake as Elaine Randolph *

as Dr. David Cochran * Maris Wrixon as Linda Sinclair *

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as Shadrach * Thomas E. Jackson as Inspector Norton *

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as Maria *

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as Jeff, fingerprint expert * Donald Kerr as 2nd Photographer * Allan Ray as 1st Photographer

Release

Home media

The film was released on

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on October 1, 2013, as a part of its "Timeless Horror" movie pack. It was later released by VFN on August 7, 2018.

Reception

On his website ''Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings'', Dave Sindelar stated that the film had some interesting ideas and featured a good performance by Carradine, but was undone by the lack of humor, and uninteresting romantic sub-plot. Dennis Schwartz from ''Ozus' World Movie Reviews'' awarded the film a grade B−, calling it "A goofy but entertaining 'mad scientist' cult film". ''

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'' gave the film one out of four stars, pointing out Carradine's performance as the film's only worthwhile aspect.

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* * * * * 1946 films 1946 horror films 1940s English-language films American science fiction horror films Films directed by William Beaudine Fiction about Haitian Vodou Mad scientist films Monogram Pictures films 1940s science fiction horror films American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{sf-horror-film-stub