This old fashion mystery is quite quirky...plus a bit silly. This is more mystery than horror and you only invest 61 minutes of your time. That is if you sit all the way through. A murderer escapes death row and the electric chair and vows revenge on District Attorney Hampton(Wilfred Lucas), who put him away. Hampton's daughter Ruth(Allene Ray)is missing and a mysterious black masked, black caped figure with long scary fingers is easy to blame. Newspaper reporter Dick Mallory(Guinn Williams)seeks a promotion by capturing the masked killer called "The Phantom", who has the community on edge and in fear. The investigation leads to an asylum where a mad doctor(William Gould)is planning dastardly deeds like putting the brain of an ape inside Miss Hampton's skull. A maid(Violet Knights)and chauffeur(Bobby Dunn), I found down right annoying. Others in the cast: Niles Welch, Tom O'Brien, Sheldon Lewis and William Jackie.
Review of The Phantom
