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The Phantom Light
Picture Show: August 10th 1935
The Phantom Light (G.F.D.)
Director: Michael PowellAlice Bright Binnie Hale Sam Higgins Gordon Harker David Owen Donald Calthrop Doctor Carey Milton Rosmer Jim Pearce Ian Hunter Claff Owen Herbert Lomas Tom Evans Reginald Tate Captain Pearce Barry O'Neill Bob Peters Mickey Brantford Mrs. Owen Alice O'Day Griffith Owen Fewlass Llewellyn Sergeant Owen Edgar K. Bruce Station Mistress Louie Emery
A melodrama of the lighthouse service, in which a plot is evolved to wreck ships in order to claim insurance. Gorden Harker as the lighthouse keeper is responsible for some excellent humour. Ian Hunter as Jim Pearce is good as the detective; while Binnie Hale proves amusing. Good entertainment.
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