The Phantom of 42nd Street

5/2/194558m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

A theatre critic teams up with a cop to investigate the murder of a Broadway actor.

Director:

Albert Herman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

killer
broadway
critic

Cast

Dave O'Brien

~ as ~

Tony Woolrich

Jack Mulhall

~ as ~

Lt. Walsh

Kay Aldridge

~ as ~

Claudia Moore

Alan Mowbray

~ as ~

Cecil Moore

Frank Jenks

~ as ~

Egbert Egelhofer, aka Romeo

Edythe Elliott

~ as ~

Janis Buchanan

Vera Marshe

~ as ~

Ginger

Cyril Delevanti

~ as ~

Roberts

Stanley Price

~ as ~

Reggie Thomas

John Crawford

~ as ~

John Carraby

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
This had many of the makings of an intriguing little murder mystery with a good tight theatre set; an unpopular star of the stage and a menacing spectre who seemingly haunts the place... Sadly, we are delivered of a blandly written drama with a lacklustre cast treading well trodden boards to guide us gingerly through an equally drably developed story. Neither Dave O'Brien (theatre critic "Woolrich") nor Kay Aldridge (initially the prime suspect "Claudia") bring much to the screen in this. It's so very flat and unmemorable - and there is little doubt that their shenanigans will unearth the murderer. It's got a sort of end-of-the-war fatigue about it that I can't deny I ended up sharing in.