Phantom Creeps, the
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Phantom Creeps, the
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| Episodes: | 12 |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Country: | United States |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 12 |
| Category: | Mad Scientists |
| Colour: | No |
| Format: | Cinema Serial |
| Company: | Universal Pictures |
| Creator: | Screenplay by George Plympton and Basil Dickey, Story by Wyllis Cooper |
| Run Time (mins): | 265 (all chapters) |
| Language: | English |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
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| First Aired: | |
| Last Aired: | |
Summary
Lugosi portrays Zorka, a mad scientist intent on achieving world domination through a series of experimental devices, including an eight‑foot mechanical robot, a devisualizer belt that renders its wearer invisible, utilising effects developed for Universal’s Invisible Man films, and a gas capable of inducing suspended animation. Arnold appears as a determined newspaper reporter, while Kent plays the intelligence officer assigned to investigate Zorka’s activities.
Cast
Zorka BELA LUGOSI, Captain Bob West ROBERT KENT, Jean Drew DOROTHY ARNOLD, Jim Daley REGIS TOOMEY, ROY BARCROFT, Jarvis EDWARD VAN SLOAN, Dr. Fred Mallory EDWIN STANLEY.
Tags: Mad Scientists, United States, 1939, English
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