THE CRIMSON GHOST
12 CHAPTER SERIAL
1946

PLOT:
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.

Here's one reviewer's comments:
This action filled serial is a great deal of fun thanks to one of the silliest looking villains in movie history. Taking the idea of a masked bad guy and placing it into the realm of camp you can't help but watch the craziness that ensues. The mask looks great but you can't believe anyone would actually listen to a guy in a mask like that. Helping things along is dialog that is unintentionally silly thanks to the passage of time. It plays like the old Batman TV shows but with better action and without the knowing wink to the audience. Frankly if it wasn't so unintentionally silly you would never have heard of this serial or seen its iconic villain, even if it was pretty good on its own terms.

CAST:
Charles Quigley ... Duncan Richards
Linda Stirling ... Diana Farnsworth
Clayton Moore ... Ashe
I. Stanford Jolley ... Dr. Blackton
Kenne Duncan ... Prof. Chambers
Forrest Taylor ... Prof. Van Wyck
Emmett Vogan ... Anderson
Sam Flint ... Maxwell
Joseph Forte ... Prof. Parker
Stanley Price ... Count Fator
Wheaton Chambers ... Wilson
Tom Steele ... Henchman
Dale Van Sickel ... Henchman Harte
Rex Lease ... Bain
Fred Graham ... Snyder

CHAPTERS:
1. Atomic Peril
2. Thunderbolt
3. The Fatal Sacrifice
4. The Laughing Skull
5. Flaming Death
6. Mystery of the Mountain
7. Electrocution
8. The Slave Collar
9. Blazing Fury
10. The Trap that Failed
11. Double Murder
12. The Invisible Trail

RUNNING TIME: 167 MIN