The Crimson Ghost

The Crimson Ghost

26/10/1946 2h 47m 4.8/10

Overview

A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical current on the planet.

Director

William Witney

Top Billed Cast

Charles Quigley

Charles Quigley

Duncan Richards

Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore

Louis Ashe

Forrest Taylor

Forrest Taylor

Prof. Van Wyck

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Dr. Blackton [Ch. 11]

Linda Stirling

Linda Stirling

Diana Farnsworth

Kenne Duncan

Kenne Duncan

Dr. Chambers [Chs. 1-2, 8]

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/13/2024

6/10

I watched the abridged (ninety minutes) version of this serialisation and though I did like the eponymous baddie, I think it would have been better left as a twelve-parter with a week between each episode to anticipate the next instalment - and possibly forget the last. It's all about a devious scientists who is bent on stealing a device that can short circuit just about everything electrical on Earth - extremely useful at neutralising atom bombs, in case you were wondering what anyone would build such a device in the first place. Anyway, before the American military can get hold of the device from it's inventor, he sends his henchmen to pinch it. They hadn't bargained on the heroic efforts of "Duncan" (Chares Quigley) though and soon the tables, chair and windows are all smashed and there are headaches all around. Luckily, the feisty "Diana" (Linda Stirling) is there to help out and despite the death inducing electrical collars you just know that good will win out. That's maybe the problem for me, here. The episodes are quite exciting at the start - ray guns and loads of threat, but quickly the repetitious fisticuffs and frenetic pace of the score starts to overwhelm the fun scientific elements of this. Some of the use of shadow works quite well to sustain a sense of peril, but the acting is really nothing special and after a while even the masked terror lost his menace. "Nothing stands in the way of the Crimson Ghost"! Well, maybe a dentist might have been in order. If you can see the three hours of original programming, then I'd go for that. Shortened, it's all a bit predictable and not that great.

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