The Panther's Claw

1942 PG-13 1h 10m

6.5 / 10 6

RATING

6.5/10

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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.

Director William Beaudine

Writers

Fulton Oursler Martin Mooney Edward Kaye

Stars

Sidney Blackmer Rick Vallin Byron Foulger

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

Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank Galloway

Police Captain Mike Flynn

Martin Ashe

Officer Murphy

Walter James

Police Captain Tom Henry

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)

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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Geronimo1967 26 Jun 2022

6/10

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 ...