A Shriek Of Death - As The Sleek Nocturnal Prowler STRIKES Again!
The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he's not the only one who got a blackmail letter from the same person--calling himself "The Black Panther"--and it also turns out that all the recipients are connected to an opera company.
- 6.0
- 1942
- Released
- 1h 10m
Sidney Blackmer
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Rick Vallin
Anthony 'Tony' Abbot (as Ricki Vallin)
Byron Foulger
Everett P. Digberry
Herbert Rawlinson
District Attorney Bill Dougherty
Lynn Starr
Miss Spencer
Barry Bernard
Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank GallowayTrude Rosen
Nina PolitzaThornton Edwards
Enrico Lombardi
John Ince
Police Captain Mike Flynn
Martin Ashe
Officer Murphy
Walter James
Police Captain Tom Henry
Frank Darien
Samuel WilkinsJoseph DeVillard
Antonio Spogucci (as Joseph M. De Villard)Jacques Vanaire
Guiseppe Bartarelli (as Jack Vanaire)
Willy Castello
John Martin George (as William Castello)Harry Clark
Officer Lou Levinsky (as Harry Clarke)Lew Leroy
Apartment Manager (as Lou LeRoy)
Billy Mitchell
Nicodemus J. Brown
Florence O'Brien
PetuniaHarte Wayne
CoronerPat McKee
Joe MorganCasey MacGregor
Police Sergeant Flanagan (as Casey McGregor)Billy Snyder
Hotel Manager Stevens
Sam Lufkin
Lombardi's Police Escort (uncredited)Released
en
- #cemetery
- #blackmail
- #murder
Reviews
As cheap and cheerful B-features go, this is actually quite quickly paced and entertaining. It all centres around wig-maker "Digberry" (Byron Foulger) who is apprehended up to no good in a cemetery after hours. His explanation makes little sense to the police officer - he is being blackmailed by the mysterious "Panther" into leaving $1000 on the graveyard of one of his aunts. Turns out that he is