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The Panther's Claw

The Panther's Claw

A Shriek Of Death - As The Sleek Nocturnal Prowler STRIKES Again!

1942•1h 10m•6.0/10
ThrillerMysteryCrime

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6.0/10(5)

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.

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Production

PRC, Motion Picture Associates

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

Rick Vallin

Rick Vallin

Anthony 'Tony' Abbot (as Ricki Vallin)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Everett P. Digberry

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

District Attorney Bill Dougherty

Lynn Starr

Miss Spencer

Barry Bernard

Barry Bernard

Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank Galloway

Trude Rosen

Nina Politza

Thornton Edwards

Enrico Lombardi

John Ince

John Ince

Police Captain Mike Flynn

Martin Ashe

Martin Ashe

Officer Murphy

Walter James

Walter James

Police Captain Tom Henry

Frank Darien

Frank Darien

Samuel Wilkins

Joseph DeVillard

Antonio Spogucci (as Joseph M. De Villard)

Jacques Vanaire

Guiseppe Bartarelli (as Jack Vanaire)

Willy Castello

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

Billy Mitchell

Nicodemus J. Brown

Florence O'Brien

Florence O'Brien

Petunia

Harte Wayne

Coroner

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