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The Phantom Light is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Michael Powell with Donald Calthrop
The Phantom Light (1935)
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Add to a movie listThe Phantom Light is a 1935 British thriller film, a low-budget "quota quickie", directed by Michael Powell and starring Binnie Hale, Gordon Harker, Milton Rosmer and Herbert Lomas. Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him.
^ Dave Kehr. "Early British Cinema". The New York Times.
^ CLIParser at the Internet Movie Database
^ The Phantom Light at the BFI's film & TV database
Synopsis
Sam Higgins, un cockney, arrive sur la côte galloise pour occuper le poste de gardien de phare. Mais on le prévient, le phare serait hanté... Aidé par un lieutenant de marine et une jeune femme, il parviendra à résoudre le mystère.Actors
Donald Calthrop
(David Owen)
Milton Rosmer
(Dr. Carey)
Binnie Hale
(Alice Bright)
Gordon Harker
(Sam Higgins)
Ian Hunter
(Jim Pearce)
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