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The Phantom (1916)
50 min | Drama, Crime

The Phantom (1916)

50 min | Drama, Crime

"Phantom" Farrell was known as one of the cleverest crooks in the world, with a penchant for jewel robberies. He planned to attend the Bereton ball and steal a famous necklace which he knew the daughter would wear. Chance makes it possible...See more"Phantom" Farrell was known as one of the cleverest crooks in the world, with a penchant for jewel robberies. He planned to attend the Bereton ball and steal a famous necklace which he knew the daughter would wear. Chance makes it possible for Farrell to gain admittance to the Bereton mansion before the night of the ball, in the guise of a detective, and it happens that he meets the young woman whom he has planned to rob. Farrell is so attracted by her beauty and winsomeness that he falls in love and decides not to steal the necklace. At the ball the necklace really is stolen and Mr. Bereton, the owner, immediately asks "The Phantom," whom he knows only as a detective to find the thief and locate the jewels. "The Phantom" has observed the intimacy between Bertie Bereton, the son of the household, and one of the guests, a Dr. Ratcliffe. He finally forces Bertie to confess to him that Dr. Ratcliffe is really a noted race track gambler who has forced him to aid in the theft of the necklace in order to square certain gambling debts which he holds against him. Dr. Ratcliffe has already made his escape from the house, but "The Phantom" overtakes him at the railroad station and compels him to return to the house where, with the assistance of his valet, he recovers the valuables. In addition, he forces the gambler to give up all claims on the young man. The arrival of the real detective whom "The Phantom" is impersonating and three others, complicates matters for that worthy, and he would have been caught immediately had not Bertie warned him of their approach. The escape of "The Phantom" and his valet is effected only after a series of stirring adventures, but it is finally accomplished and as the pursuers dash off down the road, "The Phantom" and his faithful valet emerge from behind a hedge and start a long walk back to town. The valet upbraids his master for his weakness in not actually stealing the jewels himself, but "The Phantom" remembers the beautiful girl whom he has made happy by his success in restoring the necklace and he walks along the dusty road perfectly happy with himself. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Frank Keenan 'Phantom' Farrell 'Phantom' Farrell See fewer	The False Code (1919)
Enid Markey Avice Bereton Avice Bereton See fewer	Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Robert McKim Crabbe Crabbe See fewer	All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
P. Dempsey Tabler James Blaisdell (as P.D. Tabler) James Blaisdell (as P.D. Tabler) See fewer	The Son of Tarzan (1920)
Charles K. French Dr. Ratcliffe Dr. Ratcliffe See fewer	The Abysmal Brute (1923)
J. Barney Sherry James Bereton James Bereton See fewer	A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)
John Gilbert Bertie Bereton (as Jack Gilbert) Bertie Bereton (as Jack Gilbert) See fewer	Love (1927)