The Phantom Creeps

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The Phantom Creeps

1949

1h 18m

3.8(8 votes)

Action

Science Fiction

TV Movie

Horror

Overview

The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

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18 members

Acting

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Alex Zorka

Acting

Dorothy Arnold

Jean Drew

Acting

Robert Kent

Capt. Bob West

Acting

Edwin Stanley

Dr. Fred Mallory

Acting

Regis Toomey

Lt. Jim Daley

Acting

Jack C. Smith

Monk

No Image

Acting

Edward Van Sloan

Jarvis

Acting

Dora Clement

Ann Zorka

Acting

Anthony Averill

Rankin

Acting

Hugh Huntley

Perkins

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Monte Vandergrift

Jarvis Goon

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Frank Mayo

West's Boss

Acting

Jim Farley

Harbormaster

Acting

Eddie Acuff

Mac

Acting

Ed Wolff

The Robot

No Image

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Roy Barcroft

Parker (uncredited)

Acting

Lee J. Cobb

Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)

Acting

Charles King

Car-Crash Cop (uncredited)

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