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Disfigurement Minor 
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TITLE |
Face
Behind the Scar (1940) |
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DISABILITY |
Disfigurement Wheelchair |
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DIRECTOR |
W.Victor
Hanbury
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Unbelievable
story of scientist wrongly accused of murder |
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who flees to
South Africa and is disfigured there in laboratory |
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explosion.
Using this 'disguise' he returns to London to clear |
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his name and
win back his girlfriend. |
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A scientist
is going out with a society girl a relationship |
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disapproved
of by her family. They hire a solicitor to pay him |
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off. He
refuses but in a plot twist the solicitor's assistant |
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takes the
money and kills the solicitor. The scientist is |
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blamed and
flees to South Africa. During four years he's |
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successful
there and is forging a new relationship. Just at the |
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moment when
he is offered and turns down a job for the firm |
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which
involves going to London he is caught in a laboratory |
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explosion.
The good news for him is that he can now return |
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to London
clear his name and find his girl. The bad news for |
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us is that
his disfigurement is so slight our credulity is |
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The
girlfriend is now married but recognises him and so does |
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her husband
which leads to a merry chase. |
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At the
beginning of the film we see the society girl's mother in |
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a wheelchair
and walking only with the aid of two sticks. Four |
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years later
she has no disability. I can't see a reason for this |
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Notes
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