The Vampire's Ghost (1945)

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.

Director:

Lesley Selander

Writers:

John K. Butler (screenplay), Leigh Brackett (screenplay),

Stars:

John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart

Cast

Cast overview:
John Abbott	...	Webb Fallon
Charles Gordon	...	Roy Hendrick
Peggy Stewart	...	Julie Vance
Grant Withers	...	Father Gilchrist
Emmett Vogan	...	Thomas Vance
Adele Mara	...	Lisa
Roy Barcroft	...	Capt. Jim Barrett
Martin Wilkins	...	Simon Peter
Frank Jaquet	...	The Doctor
Jimmy Aubrey	...	The Bum

Storyline

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | b movie | superstition | temple | murder | 

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Taglines:

Slave of the blood lust!!!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Espectro do Vampiro

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Vampire's Ghost" was released by Republic on a double bill with "The Phantom Speaks."

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Connections

Referenced in Charles Manson Superstar (1989)

User Reviews

Different, effective little film

I've wanted to see this movie for many years, ever since I read that Leigh Brackett had written the script for it. And, now that I have, I'm pleased to find out that it was worth the wait. Produced cheaply, by a second (or even third) rate studio, it replaces budget with story and characterization. John Abbott's Web Fallon (possibly the first sympathetic and world-weary vampire portrayal in the movies), harks back to John Polidori's Lord Ruthven (and Rymer's Sir Francis Varney) as his antecedents, and not the classic Stoker/Lugosi Dracula--one of the very few times the big screen has acknowledged there were literary vampires before Stroker.

It's too bad this one has basically slipped between the cracks and has become almost impossible to find.