The Phantom Strikes

Original title: The Gaunt Stranger

1938
58m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

145

YOUR RATING

Drama Mystery

The ex-partner of a master criminal is protected by the police after his life is threatened. The criminal--a master of disguise--tracks down and kills him anyhow, in spite of the police prot... Read allThe ex-partner of a master criminal is protected by the police after his life is threatened. The criminal--a master of disguise--tracks down and kills him anyhow, in spite of the police protection.The ex-partner of a master criminal is protected by the police after his life is threatened. The criminal--a master of disguise--tracks down and kills him anyhow, in spite of the police protection.

Director
- Walter Forde
Writers
- Edgar Wallace
- Sidney Gilliat
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

145

YOUR RATING

Director
- Walter Forde
Writers
- Edgar Wallace
- Sidney Gilliat
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Quotes
Det. Insp. Alan Wembury: Scared Hackett?
Samuel Cuthbert 'Sam' Hackett: Oh no - I've always wanted to 'ave me throat cut, ever since I was a boy in velvet drawers...

Crazy credits
Opening credits of film are shown by a policeman directing his torchlight onto, what appear to be, theatre playbills.

Connections
Referenced in Familie Heinz Becker: Was iss'n passiert? (2001)

Soundtracks
Prelude
(uncredited)
from "Tristan und Isolde"
Music by Richard Wagner

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Far better than the 1952 version

Whilst the murderer is still fairly obvious it is at least less certain,as Donald Wolfitt overplays the part.Also well played is the crook turned butler by Sonnie Hale.Not the greatest Edgar Wallace thriller.