The Panther's Claw

The Panther's Claw

70 mins | Thriller, Mystery | March 3, 1942

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.

The Panther's Claw

70 mins | Thriller, Mystery | March 3, 1942

The Panther's Claw
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Motion Picture Associates, Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
Original title The Panther's Claw
Directors William Beaudine
Writers Martin Mooney, Fulton Oursler

Cast

Sidney Blackmer

as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

Rick Vallin

as Anthony 'Tony' Abbot (as Ricki Vallin)

Byron Foulger

as Everett P. Digberry

Herbert Rawlinson

as District Attorney Bill Dougherty

Lynn Starr

as Miss Spencer

Barry Bernard

as Capt. Edgar Walters / Frank Galloway

Trude Rosen

as Nina Politza

Thornton Edwards

as Enrico Lombardi

John Ince

as Police Captain Mike Flynn

Martin Ashe

as Officer Murphy

Walter James

as Police Captain Tom Henry

Frank Darien

as Samuel Wilkins