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A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.
Dora Clement
- Ann Zorka [Chs. 1-2]
- (as Dora Clemant)
Jim Farley
- Skipper [Ch. 9]
- (as James Farley)
Hooper Atchley
- Experimental Lab Tech
- (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
- Parker - AMI Agent
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Dr. Zorka drops the bomb on the dirigible, the stock footage is of the actual news footage of the explosion and crash of the Hindenburg.
- GoofsDuring the car chase the reporter is shown driving on the right side of the car, although before and after the chase plus in overhead shots she is shown correctly on the left side.
- Quotes
[after surviving a car crash, Zorka notices the hitch hiker they picked up, who looks like him, is dead.]
Dr. Alex Zorka: How fortunate, this will simplify everything!
- Alternate versionsThis serial was edited down to a feature film running 78 minutes and also titled "The Phantom Creeps."
- ConnectionsEdited into The Phantom Creeps (1949)
Featured review
Wild, goofy sci-fi action serial!
This is a serial, like the classic Radar Men on the Moon, and Buck Rogers. Unlike it's compressed TV movie version (1949), this more protracted version of Phantom Creeps wanders all over the map at a frenetic pace.
The Phantom Creeps is everything an old classic B sci-fi serial is supposed to be. It features Bela Lugosi (as Dr. Zorka), a mad megalomaniac genius with a utility belt and a sack of gadgets that would make Batman and James Bond blush, against a team of CIA-types, a reporter, and local law enforcement. Lugosi hams up a storm and really seems to enjoy himself in this immensely silly role. His somewhat untrustworthy and dull side-kick, played by Jack Smith is a great foil to his overbearing stage presence, and he makes a truly great sadist! The film is replete with clever and creative (for its time) special effects (plane crashes, all sorts of random electrical currents, cloaking technology) and a lot of technobabble reminiscent of some of the less palatable Star Trek series. For an added bonus, the creators threw in a plot, and a cast of well developed, if stereotyped, characters.
Ultimately, it's mindless, kinda trashy entertainment, but it's also a damn good time.
The Phantom Creeps is everything an old classic B sci-fi serial is supposed to be. It features Bela Lugosi (as Dr. Zorka), a mad megalomaniac genius with a utility belt and a sack of gadgets that would make Batman and James Bond blush, against a team of CIA-types, a reporter, and local law enforcement. Lugosi hams up a storm and really seems to enjoy himself in this immensely silly role. His somewhat untrustworthy and dull side-kick, played by Jack Smith is a great foil to his overbearing stage presence, and he makes a truly great sadist! The film is replete with clever and creative (for its time) special effects (plane crashes, all sorts of random electrical currents, cloaking technology) and a lot of technobabble reminiscent of some of the less palatable Star Trek series. For an added bonus, the creators threw in a plot, and a cast of well developed, if stereotyped, characters.
Ultimately, it's mindless, kinda trashy entertainment, but it's also a damn good time.
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- mstomaso
- Mar 20, 2007
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- Runtime4 hours 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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