The Phantom Creeps (1939)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Bela Lugosi	...	Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
	Robert Kent	...	Capt. Bob West
	Dorothy Arnold	...	Jean Drew
	Edwin Stanley	...	Dr. Fred Mallory
	Regis Toomey	...	Lt. Jim Daly
	Jack C. Smith	...	Monk
	Edward Van Sloan	...	Jarvis - spy chief [Chs. 2-12]
	Dora Clement	...	Ann Zorka [Chs. 1-2] (as Dora Clemant)
	Anthony Averill	...	Rankin - Henchman [Chs. 2-12]
	Hugh Huntley	...	Perkins - Mallory's lab assistant [Chs. 2-12]
	Monte Vandergrift	...	Al - guard [Ch. 5]
	Frank Mayo	...	Train Engineer [Ch. 6]
	Jim Farley	...	Skipper [Ch. 9] (as James Farley)
	Eddie Acuff	...	Mac - AMI agent [Chs. 2-12]
	Reed Howes	...	Signalman [Ch. 10]

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"The Phantom Creeps" was Universal's 44th sound-era serial (between "The Oregon Trail" and "The Green Hornet") and was re-issued to theaters in 1949 by Commonwealth Pictures Corporation, a distribution set-up handling primarily Universal re-issues. Commonwealth had no hand at all in the production of this serial (as incorrectly shown on site) as they were a distribution company only. Some sources mistakenly identify them as the serial producer because all of the 1949 re-issue prints (and the 16mm prints sold to television circa 1952) show "Commonwealth Pictures Corp. Presents" above the title.There is a whole lot of difference between "presenting" and "producing", a fact that some sources appear to not know or don't care. The serial is of interest to some collectors as it re-unites Bela Lugosi and Edwin Stanley from 1931's "Dracula"... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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