10 November 1930 Action, Western, Mystery 172 mins
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.
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Tom Tyler as Jim Lester
William Desmond as Martin Blair
Tom Santschi as Bud Landers
Dorothy Gulliver as Mona Cortez, alias Mary Smith
Philo McCullough as Royce Macklin
Frank Lanning as Francisco Cortez
Tom Dugan as Oscar
Joe Bonomo as Keno - Beefy henchman [Chs.1-4, 7-9]
Frank Hagney as Sheriff Jim H. Ryan
D. Ross Lederman Director
Wyndham Gittens Story
Ford Beebe Screenplay
Wyndham Gittens Screenplay
Bennett Cohen Screenplay
Theodore Joos Assistant Director
M.A. Andersen Director of Photography
Nat Levine Producer
Benjamin H. Kline Director of Photography
United States 10 November 1930
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The Phantom of the West is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot western movie serial and was the second all-talking serial they produced. Tom Tyler stars as Jim ...
The Phantom of the West is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot western movie serial and was the second all-talking serial they produced. Tom Tyler stars as Jim ...
The Phantom of the West is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot western movie serial and was the second all-talking serial they produced. Tom Tyler stars as Jim ...
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