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The Phantom Foe (1920)

The Phantom Foe poster
Directed by
Bertram Millhauser
Genre
silent film, adventure film, serialized fiction
Country
United States
Runtime
5h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A villainous mesmerist terrorizes people. A hero must stop his evil schemes across multiple chapters.

old-fashionedfast-pacedsuspensefulmysteriouscliffhangermelodramatic

What happens

The Phantom Foe is a 1920 American fifteen-chapter adventure film serial directed by Bertram Millhauser and starring Warner Oland. A partial print of 14 episodes is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection while the 15th episode is stored in the Library of Congress. The plot involves a villainous mesmerist played by Harry Semels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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