A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face is a 1941 American drama film noir directed by George Cukor and starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, and Conrad Veidt. The screenplay was written by Donald Ogden Stewart and Elliot Paul, based on the play Il était une fois... by French playwright Francis de Croisset. Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer, because of her appearance, despises everyone she encounters. When a plastic surgeon corrects this disfigurement, Anna becomes torn between the hope of starting a new life and a return to her dark past. Most of the film is told in flashbacks as witnesses in a courtroom give their testimonies.