The Panther's Claw is a 1942 American film directed by William Beaudine. A Producers Releasing Corporation picture.
It is a loose sequel to two Columbia Pictures films of the 1930s The Night Club Lady and The Circus Queen Murder which had featured Adolphe Menjou as Thatcher Colt.
Synopsis
Police see Digberry climbing over a wall, out of a graveyard at one a.m. He has left a thousand dollars inside on a grave, as ordered in a letter he received. The money is now gone. They take him to headquarters. He reveals the letter came from “the Panther” and is now believed as others have had letters from the same character and Digberry meets a group of them. They all got typewritten letters demanding a thousand dollars too but unlike him they consulted the police. The group all turn out to be connected (Digberry makes wigs). Baritone, Enrico Lombardi looks to be a possible candidate so the Commissioner orders him brought in.
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