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The Phantom Creeps

The Phantom Creeps

1949•1h 18m•3.8/10
ActionScience FictionTV MovieHorror

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3.8/10(8)

The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

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Production

Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Alex Zorka

Dorothy Arnold

Dorothy Arnold

Jean Drew

Robert Kent

Robert Kent

Capt. Bob West

Edwin Stanley

Edwin Stanley

Dr. Fred Mallory

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Lt. Jim Daley

Jack C. Smith

Monk

Edward Van Sloan

Edward Van Sloan

Jarvis

Dora Clement

Dora Clement

Ann Zorka

Anthony Averill

Anthony Averill

Rankin

Hugh Huntley

Perkins

Monte Vandergrift

Jarvis Goon

Frank Mayo

Frank Mayo

West's Boss

Jim Farley

Jim Farley

Harbormaster

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Mac

Ed Wolff

The Robot

Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Parker (uncredited)

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)

Charles King

Charles King

Car-Crash Cop (uncredited)

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