The Phantom of 42nd Street
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4.5/10 Letterboxd Genre Mystery Country United States | 5/10 IMDb Screenplay Milton M. Raison Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 2, 1945 (1945-05-02) Writer Jack Harvey (based on novel), Milton Raison (based on novel), Milton Raison (screenplay) Cast (Tony Woolrich), (Lt. Walsh), (Claudia Moore), (Cecil Moore) Similar movies Calling Philo Vance (1940), Star of Midnight (1935), Lady of Burlesque (1943), Black Magic (1944), The Kennel Murder Case (1933) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Phantom of 42nd Street is a 1945 American film directed by Albert Herman, starring Dave O'Brien and Kay Aldridge.
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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 do so 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.
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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