Midnight Phantom
AN UNSEEN HAND SPREADING TERROR
1935 | 63m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Bernard B. Ray |
|---|---|
| Writer: | John T. Neville |
| Staring: |
| A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 26, 1935 |
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| Director: | Bernard B. Ray |
| Writer: | John T. Neville |
| Genres: | Mystery |
| Keywords | police, cult |
| Production Companies | Reliable Pictures Corporation (I) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 28, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Reginald Denny | Prof. David Graham |
| Lloyd Hughes | Lieut. Dan Burke |
| Claudia Dell | Diana Sullivan |
| Jim Farley | Chief James A. Sullivan |
| John Elliott | Capt. Bill Withers |
| Barbara Bedford | Kathleen Ryan |
| Mary Foy | Mary Ryan |
| Francis Sayles | Police Surgeon Kelly |
| Al St. John | Radio Officer Jones |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John T. Neville | Screenplay, Story |
| Bernard B. Ray | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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This is certainly one of the thinner stories to feature Reginald Denny in one of his sleuthing roles. This time "Prof. Graham" must get to the bottom of the killing of a newly appointed police chief who had just set about tackling the corruption amongst his own. There are no shortage of suspects for ... the crime - it appears that many of the officers had an axe to grind - but together with Claudia Dell's "Diana" he soldiers on. The title does it some favours - it suggests an intrigue or a mystery that the film simply doesn't deliver, but although I still quite enjoyed this simple story, it's really all pretty slow, stage-bound and forgettable.