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

Lugosi Béla

Dr. Alex Zorka

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Dorothy Arnold

Jean Drew

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Robert Kent

Capt. Bob West

Acting

Edwin Stanley

Dr. Fred Mallory

Acting

Regis Toomey

Lt. Jim Daley

Acting

Jack C. Smith

Monk

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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

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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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