The Phantom of the West (1930)
A young man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison, leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real killer's true identity. The murdered man's son sets out to locate the seven men and find his father's slayer in this ten episode serial.
Director:
D. Ross Lederman
Writers:
Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens, Bennett Cohen.
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Tom Tyler as Jim Lester |
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William Desmond as Martin Blair |
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Tom Santschi as Bud Landers |
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Dorothy Gulliver as Mona Cortez, alias Mary Smith |
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Philo McCullough as Royce Macklin |
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Frank Lanning as Francisco Cortez |
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Tom Dugan as Oscar |
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Joe Bonomo as Keno - Beefy henchman [Chs.1-4, 7-9] |
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Frank Hagney as Sheriff Jim H. Ryan |
| Directing | D. Ross Lederman | Director |
| Writing | Wyndham Gittens | Story |
| Writing | Ford Beebe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Wyndham Gittens | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bennett Cohen | Screenplay |
| Directing | Theodore Joos | Assistant Director |
| Camera | M.A. Andersen | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nat Levine | Producer |
| Camera | Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Joe Novak | Director of Photography |
| Sound | George Lowerre | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Lee Zahler | Music |