The Phantom Light (1935)
Directed by Michael Powell
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Run Time - 76 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Three talented screenwriters collaborated in adapting Evadne Price and Joan Roy Byford's play The Haunted Light to the screen as Phantom Light. This British chiller-diller-thriller begins with the mysterious murder of a lighthouse keeper. After his death, the region is plagued by shipwrecks, each heralded by a "phantom light" beaming from the lighthouse. Female detective Binnie Hale teams with new keeper Gordon Harker and navy officer Ian Hunter to solve the mystery. Directed with a sure and steady hand by Michael Powell, The Phantom Light is infinitely superior to the quota-quickie melodramas then flooding the British film market.
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criminal, detective, investing, killing, lighthouse, missing, murder, Navy, phantom, shipwreck, supernatural, budget, man
