Phantom Killer is a 1942 American romantic mystery film directed by William Beaudine, and starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury and John Hamilton. The film was a remake of Phil Rosen's The Sphinx. Plot A series of murders seems to implicate a deaf-mute philanthropist, except he has ironclad alibis for all of them. Besides, he has spoken to at least one man who was nearby when the latest killing occurs. Cast Dick Purcell as Edward Clark Joan Woodbury as Barbara Mason John Hamilton as John G. Harrison Warren Hymer as Police Sgt. Pete Corrigan Mantan Moreland as Nicodemus J. Farrell MacDonald as Police Captain Gayne Whitman as District Attorney John W. Rogers Kenneth Harlan as Police Lt. Jim Brady George J. Lewis as Kramer Karl Hackett as Defense Attorney Harry Depp as Lester P. Cutler Isabel La Mal as Mable Robert Carson as Dave Rigby Frank Ellis as Kelsey References External links 1942 films 1942 mystery films 1942 romantic drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Beaudine Monogram Pictures films American mystery films American romantic drama films Films about deaf people 1940s American films