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Phantom Killer (1942)

Phantom Killer poster
Directed by
William Beaudine
Genre
romance film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A district attorney investigates a series of murders linked to a mysterious figure known as the Phantom. He works with a reporter to solve the case while navigating a romantic subplot.

mysteriousromanticsuspensefuldatedlightheartedwhodunit

What happens

Phantom Killer is a 1942 American romantic mystery film directed by William Beaudine, and starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury and John Hamilton. The film is a remake of Phil Rosen's The Sphinx. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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