The Phantom of Crestwood
The Phantom of Crestwood is a 1932 American pre-Code murder-mystery film released by Radio Pictures, directed by J. Walter Ruben, and starring Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Anita Louise, H.B. Warner, and Pauline Frederick. Morley plays Jenny Wren, who plans to extort money from various wealthy ex-lovers, after she lures them to a ranch called “Casa de Andes” near Crestwood, California. The picture features what Leonard Maltin called an "eye-popping" flashback technique, where the camera seems to whirl from one scene to the next, although William K. Howard had actually pioneered this technique earlier that year in The Trial of Vivienne Ware.
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| author | Bartlett Cormack J. Walter Ruben |
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| director | J. Walter Ruben |
| editor | Archie Marshek |
| genre | drama mystery |
| keywords | adirondack mountains disturb engage explore first class former lovers heart attack kill knock out locked in love letters new york city obsess old california private detective sail stab talk wealthy family young man |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | David O. Selznick |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |