The Panther's Claw

1942

1h 10m

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6.0/10

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The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he's not the only one who got a blackmail letter from the same person--calling himself "The Black Panther"--and it also turns out that all the recipients are connected to an opera company.

Directors

William Beaudine

Writers

Martin Mooney(screenplay by)

Fulton Oursler(story by)

Edward Kaye(dialogue by)

Stars

Sidney Blackmer

Rick Vallin

Byron Foulger

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Sidney Blackmer

Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

Rick Vallin

Anthony 'Tony' Abbot (as Ricki Vallin)

Byron Foulger

Everett P. Digberry

Herbert Rawlinson

District Attorney Bill Dougherty

Lynn Starr

Miss Spencer

Barry Bernard

Capt. Edgar Walters …

Trude Rosen

Nina Politza

Thornton Edwards

Enrico Lombardi

John Ince

Police Captain Mike Flynn

Martin Ashe

Officer Murphy

Walter James

Police Captain Tom Henry

Frank Darien

Samuel Wilkins

Joseph DeVillard

Antonio Spogucci (as Joseph M. De Villard)

Jacques Vanaire

Guiseppe Bartarelli (as Jack Vanaire)

Willy Castello

John Martin George (as William Castello)

Harry Clark

Officer Lou Levinsky (as Harry Clarke)

Lew Leroy

Apartment Manager (as Lou LeRoy)

Billy Mitchell

Nicodemus J. Brown

Directors

William Beaudine

Writers

Martin Mooney(screenplay by)

Fulton Oursler(story by)

Edward Kaye(dialogue by)

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6/10

As cheap and cheerful B-features go, this is actually quite quickly paced and entertaining. It all centres around wig-maker "Digberry" (Byron Foulger) who is apprehended up to no good in a cemetery after hours. His explanation makes little sense to the police officer - he is being blackmailed by the mysterious "Panther" into leaving $1000 on the graveyard of one of his aunts. Turns out that he is not the only recipient of such a letter - many of his friends have also, and this leaves Police Commissioner "Thatch" (Sidney Blackmer), and his sidekick "Abbott" (Rick Vallin) to try to get to the bottom of things. The story is a bit far-fetched, but Foulger is on quite good form as the plot offers intrigues from the operatic to a bit of skull-wiggery, and it passes 70 minutes effortlessly. The ending is a bit obvious, but still - it shows what can be done with a tiny budget if the story is decent and the performances are too.

Geronimo196726 Jun, 2022