Phantom Killer (film)

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Phantom Killer
Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Karl Brown
Produced by A.W. Hackel
Cinematography Marcel Le Picard
Edited by Jack Ogilvie
Music by Frank Sanucci
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date
  • October 2, 1942 (1942-10-02)
CountryUnited States

Phantom Killer is a 1942 American romantic mystery film directed by William Beaudine, and starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury and John Hamilton. [1] The film was a remake of Phil Rosen's The Sphinx .

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Plot

A series of murders seems to implicate a deaf-mute philanthropist, except he has ironclad alibis for all of them. Besides, he has spoken to at least one man who was nearby when the latest killing occurs.

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References

  1. "Phantom Killer". TCM. Retrieved 1 February 2014.