Professor Davidson plans an expedition to find the Lost City of Zoloz. The location of the city is contained on seven pieces of ivory, three of which Davidson already possesses. Doctor Bremmer, however, intends to find the lost city and use it as a secret airbase for his unnamed country. To remove him as an obstacle, he kills The Phantom, only for his recently returned son, Geoffrey Prescott, to inherit the family identity and take over the mantle of The Phantom [...]
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Serial: The Phantom
Chapter: 01
Title: The Sign Of The Skull
Runtime: 28min 22sec
Directed by: B. Reeves Eason
Produced by: Rudolph C. Flothow
Written by: Morgan Cox, Victor McLeod, Leslie Swabacker, Sherman L. Lowe, Lee Falk (character), Ray Moore (character)
Based on: The Phantom (Comic strip by Lee Falk)
Starring: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates, Kenneth MacDonald, Ace the Wonder Dog
Narrated by: Knox Manning
Music by: Lee Zahler
Cinematography: James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by: Henry Adams, Dwight Caldwell
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release date: December 24, 1943
Running time: 15 chapters (299 min)
Color: Black and white
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast:
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Tom Tyler as The Phantom/Geoffrey Prescott, The Ghost Who Walks.
Jeanne Bates as Diana Palmer
Kenneth MacDonald as Dr. Max Bremmer
Joe Devlin as Singapore Smith
Frank Shannon as Professor Davidson
Guy Kingsford as Byron Anderson
Wade Crosby as Long
John Bagni as Moku
Sol Gorss as Andy Kriss
Stanley Price as Chief Chota (uncredited)
Dick Curtis as Tartar Leader (uncredited)
Early Cantrell as Ruby Dawn aka The Fire Princess (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels as Astari Warrior (uncredited)
Sam Flint as Phantom XX, Geoffrey Prescott's Father (uncredited)
Ace the Wonder Dog as Devil
More:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(serial)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_(comics)
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