Phantom Killer

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Phantom Killer ★★ 1942

A district attorney tries to hang a murder rap on a most improbable suspect. When the man is aquitted, the DA quits his job to find the truth, which takes a disturbing twist. The plot is a thinly veiled rehash of “The Sphinx” (1933). 61m/B VHS, DVD . Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Kenneth Harlan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mantan Moreland; D: William Beaudine.