The Phantom Strikes (1938)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Release: 1939-11-15
Director: Walter Forde
Writers: Edgar Wallace , Sidney Gilliat
Language: English
Stars: Sonnie Hale , Wilfrid Lawson (1900–1966) , Louise Henry , Alexander Knox , Peter Croft , George Merritt , Patrick Barr , John Longden , Patricia Roc , Arthur Hambling
Runtime: 58 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Sentencia anónima (Spain) , Fantasma Assassino (Brazil) , The Gaunt Stranger (United Kingdom) , The Gaunt Stranger , Ossessione (Italy) , Mysteriet Milton (Sweden) , The Phantom Strikes (United States of America) , Ringeren (Norway)
Plot: A suspense thriller with virtually the entire cast under suspicion of murder. In this, the third of at least 4 film versions of the Edgar Wallace story, John Longden plays the police inspector for the second time. The inspector and a police surgeon team up to find the killer who has just announced his (or her) intention to kill a lawyer.
IMDB:tt0030174