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Faces of Death II (1981)
Directed by John Alan Schwartz.

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AKA Face of Death Part II

Written by John Alan Schwartz.
Starring Michael Carr, James Brady and Mickey Crowe.
Follows Faces of Death (1978)
Followed by Faces of Death III (1985)

After the unexpected success of the original Faces of Death, John Alan Schwartz began working on his second mondo feature; Faces of Death II.

Like it’s 1978 predecessor Faces of Death II was written and directed by John Alan Schwartz under the pseudonyms ‘Alan Black’ and ‘Conan Le Cilaire’ respectively.

Michael Carr also returns to narrate the proceedings as Dr. Francis B. Gröss.

Focusing largely on the subject of death, 1981’s Faces of Death II features scenes comprising of failed stunt work, executions, victims of suicide and death in sports; just to name a few examples.

Most notably perhaps is Faces of Death II inclusion of the famous attempt by Kenny Powers to jump over the Saint Lawrence Riv