- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Mystery
- Release: 1942-05-15
- Director: William Beaudine
- Writers: Fulton Oursler , Martin Mooney
- Language: English
- Stars: Sidney Blackmer , Rick Vallin , Byron Foulger , Herbert Rawlinson , Lynn Starr , Barry Bernard , Gerta Rozan , Thornton Edwards , John Ince , Martin Ashe
- Runtime: 70 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Panther's Claw (United States of America) , Коготь пантеры (Russian Federation) , The Panther's Claw (United Kingdom) , The Panther's Claw , Shake Hands with Murder (United States of America)
- Plot: The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he's not the only one who got a blackmail letter from the same person--calling himself "The Black Panther"--and it also turns out that all the recipients are connected to an opera company.
- IMDB:tt0035171
The Panther’s Claw Cast · · · ALL
William Beaudine
Director
Sidney Blackmer
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Rick Vallin
Anthony 'Tony' Abbot (as Ricki Vallin)
Byron Foulger
Everett P. Digberry
Herbert Rawlinson
District Attorney Bill Dougherty
Lynn Starr
Miss Spencer
Barry Bernard
Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank Galloway
Gerta Rozan
Nina Politza
Thornton Edwards
Enrico Lombardi
John Ince
Police Captain Mike Flynn
Walter James
Police Captain Tom Henry
Frank Darien
Samuel Wilkins
Joseph DeVillard
Antonio Spogucci (as Joseph M. De Villard)
Jacques Vanaire
Guiseppe Bartarelli (as Jack Vanaire)
Willy Castello
John Martin George (as William Castello)
Billy Mitchell
Nicodemus J. Brown
Florence O’Brien
Petunia
Pat McKee
Joe Morgan
Casey MacGregor
Police Sergeant Flanagan (as Casey McGregor)
Sam Lufkin
Lombardi's Police Escort (uncredited)