The Phantom of 42nd Street | |
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Directed by | Albert Herman |
Written by | Jack Harvey (novel) Milton Raison (novel and screenplay) |
Produced by | Albert Herman Martin Mooney |
Starring | Dave O'Brien Kay Aldridge Alan Mowbray |
Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
Edited by | Hugh Winn |
Music by | Karl Hajos Walter Greene |
Production company | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Phantom of 42nd Street is a 1945 American mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge and Alan Mowbray. [1] It was produced by the low-budget Poverty Row studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
An actor is killed during the performance of a play while critic Tony Woolrich (Dave O'Brien) is attending. Initially Woolrich is reluctant to investigate, even though he's encouraged to do so by his friend Romeo (Frank Jenks), who is also the taxi driver who brought him to the show, and acts as a sort of sidekick throughout the story.
Tony is chewed out by his editor for not investigating when he happened to be at the scene of the crime, and so he takes an initially reluctant interest. Tony becomes more involved in the investigation when there is another murder, and when Claudia Moore (Kay Aldridge, in her last movie role), the girl he loves, is suspected, and is also possibly threatened by the killer.
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