The Panther's Claw

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.

Genre : ThrillerMysteryCrime

Runtime : 70 mins

Release Date : 1942-03-03

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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 th...

Cast

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)

Lynn Starr

(Miss Spencer)

Barry Bernard

(Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank Galloway)

Trude Rosen

(Nina Politza)

Thornton Edwards

(Enrico Lombardi)

John Ince

(Police Captain Mike Flynn)

Martin Ashe

(Officer Murphy)

Walter James

(Police Captain Tom Henry)

Frank Darien

(Samuel Wilkins)

Joseph DeVillard

(Antonio Spogucci (as Joseph M. De Villard))

Jacques Vanaire

(Guiseppe Bartarelli (as Jack Vanaire))

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

(Nicodemus J. Brown)

Florence O'Brien

(Petunia)

Harte Wayne

(Coroner)

Pat McKee

(Joe Morgan)

Casey MacGregor

(Police Sergeant Flanagan (as Casey McGregor))

Billy Snyder

(Hotel Manager Stevens)

Sam Lufkin

(Lombardi's Police Escort (uncredited))