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  • Faces in the Fog (1944)
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    71 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Faces in the Fog (1944)
Passed
71 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Subject (Minor): Acquittals Attempted murder Auto courts Automobile accidents Dances Drunkenness Expulsion Gun accidents Gunshot wounds Jealousy Military service, Voluntary Neighbors Perjury Physicians Police School superintendents and ...See moreSubject (Minor): Acquittals Attempted murder Auto courts Automobile accidents Dances Drunkenness Expulsion Gun accidents Gunshot wounds Jealousy Military service, Voluntary Neighbors Perjury Physicians Police School superintendents and principals Women police SYNOPSIS Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their seventeen-year-old daughter Mary and fourteen-year-old son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children. Les allows himself to be influenced by an older boy, Mike Taylor, who asks him to sneak Tom's gun out of the house. On the night that Mary goes to a party at Mason's house and becomes enamored of his eighteen-year-old son Joe, Les is injured when Mike accidentally fires the gun at him. Les's slight wound is tended to by Mason, who succumbs to Mary's pleas that he not report the incident to the police, even though physicians are required to report all gunshot wounds. The next day, Danny, one of the boys who witnessed the shooting, describes the incident to Sergeant O'Donnell of the juvenile bureau. As Mason and Tom are driving home that afternoon, Mason tells Tom about Les's injury and cautions him to supervise his children. Tom rudely tells Mason to mind his own business, and when he is met at home by O'Donnell, Tom incorrectly assumes that Mason involved the police. After Tom orders the love-struck Mary to stop seeing Joe, the youngsters take other dates to the school dance, although they spend most of the evening with each other. Jealousies arise, however, and Mary leaves with Mike, whose erratic driving prompts Joe to follow him. Joe arrives on the scene just after the drunken Mike has struck a pedestrian, and after admonishing Mike to report the accident, Joe takes the injured man to the hospital. Mike does not go to the police though, and in order to protect Mary from any unpleasant implications, Joe takes responsibility for the accident and is expelled from school. Joe enlists in the Army, after which he asks Mary to elope with him. The couple drive across the state border and are married, but are spotted by Mike at an auto court. Mike phones Tom, who, unaware that Joe and Mary are wed, shoots and seriously wounds Joe. Desperate to protect her father, Mary convinces Joe to keep their marriage a secret until after Tom's trial for attempted murder. Using the defense of the "unwritten law" that a father must defend his daughter's virtue, Tom is acquitted. Afterward, however, when Mary reveals that she and Joe were married, police officer Nora Brooks tells her that she must face the consequences of her perjurous testimony. Mary readily acquiesces, although Nora allows her to leave for a week's honeymoon with Joe. Joe then reports to the Army, and Mary returns to live with the Masons and accept her responsibilities. See less
Director
Writers
Jack Townley (original story) (screenplay) | Adelaide Heilbron (additional dialogue)
Cinematographer
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Updated Nov 27, 1944

Release date
Nov 30, 1944 (United States)

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46 cast members
Name Known for
Jane Withers
Mary Elliott Mary Elliott   See fewer
Paul Kelly
Tom Elliott Tom Elliott   See fewer
Lee Patrick
Cora Elliott Cora Elliott   See fewer
John Litel
Dr. Mason Dr. Mason   See fewer
Eric Sinclair
Joe Mason Joe Mason   See fewer
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Mason Mrs. Mason   See fewer
Gertrude Michael
Nora Brooks Nora Brooks   See fewer
H.B. Warner
Defense Attorney Rankins Defense Attorney Rankins   See fewer
Roger Clark
Police Sergeant O'Donnell Police Sergeant O'Donnell   See fewer
Adele Mara
Gertrude Gertrude   See fewer
Bob Stebbins
Les Elliott Les Elliott   See fewer
Charles Trowbridge
Mr. White Mr. White   See fewer
Tom London
Auto Court Manager Auto Court Manager   See fewer
Emmett Vogan
Police Captain Roberts Police Captain Roberts   See fewer
Stanley Andrews
Iverson - Juror (uncredited) Iverson - Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Sam Ash
Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Baldwin
Doan - Jury Foreman (uncredited) Doan - Jury Foreman (uncredited)   See fewer
Trevor Bardette
Garner - Juror (uncredited) Garner - Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
William A. Boardway
Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Brissac
Miss Harvey - Juror (uncredited) Miss Harvey - Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Roy Butler
Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Carroll
Hospital Nurse (uncredited) Hospital Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
Edmund Cobb
Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Roy Darmour
Henry (uncredited) Henry (uncredited)   See fewer
Edward Earle
Wells (uncredited) Wells (uncredited)   See fewer
David Forrest
Kid (uncredited) Kid (uncredited)   See fewer
Joel Friedkin
Harris - Justice of the Peace (uncredited) Harris - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)   See fewer
Harrison Greene
Evans - Juror (uncredited) Evans - Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Eric Hansen
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
Len Hendry
Hospital Interne (uncredited) Hospital Interne (uncredited)   See fewer
Nolan Leary
Man in Hospital (uncredited) Man in Hospital (uncredited)   See fewer
Peggy Leon
Woman Juror (uncredited) Woman Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Patricia Lynn
Singer (uncredited) Singer (uncredited)   See fewer
William Murphy
Russell (uncredited) Russell (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack O'Shea
Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Hal Price
Train Conductor (uncredited) Train Conductor (uncredited)   See fewer
Dick Scott
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
C. Montague Shaw
Judge (uncredited) Judge (uncredited)   See fewer
George Sherwood
Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Edwin Stanley
Fairbanks - Juror (uncredited) Fairbanks - Juror (uncredited)   See fewer
Jimmy Strand
Ralph (uncredited) Ralph (uncredited)   See fewer
Sheila Stuart
Nurse (uncredited) Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert J. Wilke
Police Photographer (uncredited) Police Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
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