The Panther's Claw

Name: The Panther's Claw
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Released: 1942-03-03
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 6.5

★ 6,5 /10 (6 Votes)

1942 EN 70 min

Overview

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.

Release date

03/03/1942

Votes

Popularity

0.5

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

Genres

Thriller Mystery Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

70 min

Sidney Blackmer

Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

Rick Vallin

Anthony 'Tony' Abbot (as Ricki Vallin)

Byron Foulger

Everett P. Digberry

Herbert Rawlinson

District Attorney Bill Dougherty

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Lynn Starr

Miss Spencer

Barry Bernard

Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank Galloway

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Trude Rosen

Nina Politza

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Thornton Edwards

Enrico Lombardi

John Ince

Police Captain Mike Flynn

Martin Ashe

Officer Murphy

Walter James

Police Captain Tom Henry

Frank Darien

Samuel Wilkins

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Joseph DeVillard

Antonio Spogucci (as Joseph M. De Villard)

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Jacques Vanaire

Guiseppe Bartarelli (as Jack Vanaire)

Willy Castello

John Martin George (as William Castello)

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Harry Clark

Officer Lou Levinsky (as Harry Clarke)

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Lew Leroy

Apartment Manager (as Lou LeRoy)

Billy Mitchell

Nicodemus J. Brown

Florence O'Brien

Petunia

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Harte Wayne

Coroner

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Pat McKee

Joe Morgan

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Casey MacGregor

Police Sergeant Flanagan (as Casey McGregor)

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Billy Snyder

Hotel Manager Stevens

Sam Lufkin

Lombardi's Police Escort (uncredited)

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As cheap and cheerful B-features go, this is actually quite quickly paced and entertaining. It all centres around wig-maker "Digberry" (Byron Foulger) who is apprehended up to no good in a cemetery after hours. His explanation makes little sense to the police officer - he is being blackmailed by the mysterious "Panther" into leaving $1000 on the graveyard of one of his aunts. Turns out that he is not the only recipient of such a letter - many of his friends have also, and this leaves Police Commissioner "Thatch" (Sidney Blackmer), and his sidekick "Abbott" (Rick Vallin) to try to get to the bo…

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