Invisible Ghost

Invisible Ghost

A promotional film poster for "Invisible Ghost."
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Produced by Sam Katzman
Pete Mayer
Written by Al Martin
Helen Martin
Starring Bela Lugosi
Polly Ann Young
John McGuire
Music by Johnny Lange
Lew Porter
Cinematography Harvey Gould
Marcel Le Picard
Edited by Robert Golden
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release dates
  • April 25, 1941
Running time
 64 min
Country United States

Invisible Ghost (1941) is a horror film starring Bela Lugosi, shot in black and white, and directed by Joseph H. Lewis.

Plot

Charles Kessler (Bela Lugosi) is plagued by homicidal urges. His wife (Betty Compson), who had left him for another man, gets into a car accident that leaves her brain damaged and is kept in the basement, in secret, by Kessler's gardener. When an innocent man is executed for a murder Kessler committed in the house, his twin brother visits and tries to unravel the mystery. He discovers that Kessler is the killer and doesn't know it. His brother subdues him and contacts the police, who arrest Kessler.

Cast

L. to R.: Polly Ann Young, Bela Lugosi, and Clarence Muse in Invisible Ghost - cropped screenshot

Production

This was the first of the nine movies interpreted by Bela Lugosi for Sam Katzman at Monogram Pictures, filmed March 20-April 1941.[1] This film was the last of Polly Ann Young's films. Invisible Ghost was originally filmed under the working title "The Phantom Killer.[2]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Internet Movie Database Trivia
  2. ↑ Internet Movie Database Trivia

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