(1937)
3
Hans J. Wollstein
Republic Pictures lavished quite a bit of money on this unusual Western, which came complete with expressionistic touches rarely, if ever, found in sagebrush operas. There are painted shadows in Border Phantom and cinematographer Jack Greenhalgh introduced a couple of neat camera angles as well. Although Fred Myton's screenplay promises a bit more than the film can deliver, the acting is above average and former editor Roy S. Luby manages to build up quite a bit of tension. Border Phantom was one of the last of the "whodunit" Westerns, a subgenre especially popular in the beginning of the sound era.
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Border Phantom (1937)
