Phantom Lady (1944)


Phantom Lady
Release Date28 January 1944
TaglineIT'S UNIQUE...suspense...mystery...drama!
GenreCrime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish, Portuguese
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassFilm Noir, Psychological Thriller
MoodSpellbinders
ThemesMiscarriage of Justice, Amateur Sleuths, Crumbling Marriages
TonesAtmospheric, Moody, Creepy, Ominous, Stylized, Gloomy, Nocturnal
TagsAccident, Alibi, Apartment, Artist, Attack, Bar [pub], Car, City, Club [organization], Clue, Conflict, Convict, Crime Solving, Criminal, Death, Death Penalty, Detective, Doubt, Drummer, Evidence, Extramarital Affair, False Accusation, Freedom, Friendship, Guilt, Hat, Help, Home, Influence, Innocence, Inspection, Investigation, Kill, Lady, Murder, Nightlife, Police, Prison, Prostitute/prostitution, Quest, Questioning [police Interrogation], Romance, Search, Secretary, Secrets, Sexual, Songwriter, Theory, Tracking [following], Trail [path], Truth, Visit, Wife, Window, Witness, Woman

Phantom Lady (1944) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, his first Hollywood noir. It was also a first for producer Joan Harrison, Universal Pictures' first female executive and Hitchcock's former screenwriter. The film was based on a Cornell Woolrich same name novel (under pen name William Irish).


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jack Marlow

Carol 'Kansas' Richman

Scott Henderson

Estela Monteiro

Inspector Burgess

Ann Terry

Cliff Milburn

Andrew Tombes
Mac - Bartender

Detective Chewing Gum

Detective Tom

Madame Kettisha

Dr. Helen Chase

District Attorney

Bob Bain
Guitarist

Joan Bayley
Dancer

John Berkes
Man with Poodle

Barney Bigard
Jive Club Clarinetist

Iris Bocignon
Dancer

Dave Coleman
Drummer

Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol

Hella Crossley
Girl in Tag Sequence

Roy Darmour
Prison Guard

Cyril Delevanti
Claude

Ralph Dunn
Worker

Alice Fleming
Apple Annie

Ann Fredrick
Brunette

Russell Gaige
Desk Clerk

Roger Hanson
Jive Club Trumpeter

Monteiro's Maid at Casino

Eddie Hart
Prison Guard

Miss Payton

Dorothy Jarnac
Dancer

Girl in Tag Sequence

Joe Kirk
Sanders - Stage Manager

Bella Lewitzky
Dancer

Adolf E. Licho
Max - Proprietor

Matt McHugh
Al Alp - Taxi Driver

Dole Nicolls
Jive Club Trombonist

Anselmo

Curtis Railing
Mrs. Witherspoon

Howard Ramsey
Jive Club Bass Player

Woman at Train Platform

Barfly with Racing Form

Beatrice Roberts
Monteiro's Secretary

Freddie Slack
Jive Club Pianist

Walter Soderling
Ticket Agent

Gisela Werbisek
Mama Rosette

Norman Willis
Worker

Douglas Wood
Show Backer

Blonde

Director

Writer

Cornell Woolrich

Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Producer

associate producer

Cinematographer

Elwood Bredell

Editor

Arthur Hilton
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Art Director

Robert Clatworthy
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John B. Goodman
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Set Decorator

Russell A. Gausman

Leigh Smith

Costume Designer

Vera West

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Seward Webb
assistant director

Will Sheldon
assistant director

Sound Department

Bernard B. Brown
sound director

Joe Lapis
sound technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Kenneth Hopkins
costume designer: Phantom Hat Creator

Music Department

Lester Horton
stager: musical numbers

Hans J. Salter
musical director, composer: stock music

Dave Coleman
musician: dubbed drum solo

Frank Skinner
composer: stock music

Production Company

Universal Pictures

Distributor

Universal Pictures

MCA/Universal Home Video






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