The Phantom of 42nd Street

The Phantom of 42nd Street(film)

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Directed by Albert Herman
Produced by Albert Herman (producer)
Martin Mooney (associate producer)
Written by Jack Harvey (novel)
Milton Raison (novel and screenplay)
Starring Dave O'Brien
Kay Aldridge
Music by Karl Hajos
Walter Greene
Cinematography James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by Hugh Winn
Distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation
Release dates
  • May 2, 1945
Running time
 58 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Phantom of 42nd Street is a 1945 American film directed by Albert Herman.

Plot summary

An actor is killed during the performance of a play while critic Tony Woolrich (Dave O'Brien) is attending. Initially Woolrich is reluctant to investigate, even though he's encouraged to by his friend Romeo(Frank Jenks), who is also the taxi driver who brought him to the show, and acts as a sort of sidekick throughout the story. Later Tony is chewed out by his editor for not investigating when he happened to be at the scene of the crime, and so he takes an initially reluctant interest. Tony becomes more involved in the investigation when there is another murder, and when Claudia Moore (Kay Aldridge, in her last movie role), the girl he loves, is suspected, and is also possibly threatened by the killer.

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