The Phantom of the West | |
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Directed by |
D. Ross Lederman Theodore Joos |
Produced by | Nat Levine |
Written by |
Wyndham Gittens Ford Beebe Ben Cohen |
Starring |
Tom Tyler William Desmond Tom Santschi Dorothy Gulliver Philo McCullough Frank Lanning |
Music by | Lee Zahler |
Cinematography |
M. A. Anderson Ben Kline Joseph Novak |
Edited by | Wyndham Gittens |
Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
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Running time
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10 chapters (172 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Phantom of the West is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot western movie serial and was the second all-talking serial they produced.
Tom Tyler stars as Jim Lester, trying to prove that Francisco Cortez (Frank Lanning) is innocent of killing his own father. The real villain is the mysterious Phantom and his League of the Lawless.
Francisco Cortez escapes prison after serving fifteen years for the murder of Jim Lester's father. He proclaim's his innocence and lists seven men who may be the real killer, who uses the name "The Phantom".
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