Phantom Killer (1942) | Dick Purcell Mantan Moreland

Not really a "Reelblack" movie, but a fun little "B" picture with an amusing turn by one of our favorite character actors, Mantan Moreland. Shared for historical purposes.
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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.
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. - Wikipedia
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[@zuazhar1630]

Thank you so very much for putting the great comedian Mantan Moreland’s rare movies on KZbin. I’m 73, and I’ve never seen him in anything other than a few “Charlie Chan” movies and “King of the Zombies.” He’s an American icon.

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This comment brought back fond memories of Saturday TV watching with my Dad💝

[@carlreed6186]

The topper films were great

[@marjoriecohn3868]

He's also in Revenge of the Zombies.

[@Songwriter376]

RIP Mantan, thank you for all the years of making us laugh. The girl reminded me a heck of a lot like Lois Lane, Perry White was in there, she mentioned the name Clark and Superman also.

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[@yodservant]

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Super film. Many thanks. May, 2023.

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Thank you for that. I really meant it. Regards. May 2023.

[@cynthiarogers2904]

I LOVE ANYTHING starring Mantan Moreland and Dick Purcell !!!

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[@hertzair1186]

I’ll watch anything with Mantan Moreland in it…glad to hear he had a successful mostly prosperous career.

[@simonwarner1397]

So would i. He's good in the Charlie Chan films

[@hertzair1186]

@@simonwarner1397 yes…that’s where I discovered him….loved the predictive conversation routine he does with the other black gentleman …whose name escapes me….

[@jackieelliott2992]

I love anything Mantan plays in.

[@simonwarner1397]

I love all his films. He's a great character actor and comes up with all sorts of hilarious lines and sometimes it's just the comedic looks he gives. We need more actors of his calibre. I also wish that the TV film channels would screen some of his films. The station Talking Pictures screens the odd Charlie Chan film- sometimes with him in it. I'd love to get a box set of his films and just enjoy them

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@@hertzair1186 I think his name was Ben Carter

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[@Alan-rh1el]

Clever little thriller if you enjoyed it check out The Sphinx 1933 starring Lionel Atwill unfortunately there is no Mantan Moreland to supply comic relief but it it is still a good thriller. Thanks for posting.

[@baronmulberry7847]

Did not realize this movies a remake of The Sphinx (1933). Who knew they were already making remakes in the early 1940's??? Edit. Well they did of course make remakes of all the silent pictures. But The Sphinx from 1933 is a talking picture.

[@jorgeestomba9888]

What a treat watching Moreland one of the greatest !

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[@jasminevirgo9811]

The part with the wife arguing on the phone with her husband had me cracking up.😁😁😂😂😂😂

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[@snowberryheartpetssanctuary]

I love Mantan Moreland! He was a fantastic comedian, but capable of dramatic too. I discovered him on the old Charlie Chan movies 🍿. I’m so glad he’s remembered for the fantastic actor and person that he was ❤. He always got 3rd billing, but he deserved 1st. Check out William Best too. Bob Hope said he’d rather work with Best than any other actor. Moreland and Best were two of the finest actors of the early 20th century.

[@donnieheilaman257]

I like Mantan Morelands every thing. As a child I loved him

[@larryferguson3387]

Yeah boy! Mantan was a funny guy, i salute him for making many a picture tollerable.

[@stephenpsalm274]

There’s no one like Mantan!!!

[@cynthiarogers2904]

YES !!!

[@nathanielcohen9890]

Mantan is the man. there isn't even a close second.

[@pjkicks7860]

I loved that piano part had my heart racing oooooh, I loved the fact that they kept searching the piano too....... 😂😂I'm 34 yrs old watching these I've never seen em🤣

[@carlb8378]

The phone bit is a hoot . I saw a film once where the guy got fustrated and dropped the phone into a fishbowl , bubbles started comeing from the earpiece and when the bubbles hit the surface they popped and the woman's voice was still riseing hell. So funny . 😊😅😂

[@zuazhar1630]

Dick Purcell and Joan Woodbury were with Mantan Moreland in “King of the Zombies,” too.

[@garryferrington811]

Mantan Moreland is the real talent here. Monogram used him in a lot of movies, so they must have known it, too.

[@thehighpriestess978]

I love Mantan Moreland.I would watch anything with him in it!

[@crazymotherdance7317]

Montan Moreland is the man very funny especially in Charlie Chan movies. I like this channel keep up the good work

[@crazymotherdance7317]

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[@kathleenmckeithen118]

Great movie! I saw another earlier version of this and they are both really good. Thank you!! 😊

[@terryscott2007]

These movies are really good, wish I would have discovered them sooner 😊😁

[@baronmulberry7847]

Moreland has a bit more screen time in this than in most Charlie Chan movies, so this one's a real treat. And though built on an illogical premise, the film's great. Suspenseful, fast paced and has really wonderful characters. And the comedic touches are done really deftly which in that era is not all that common.

[@motherlandone6300]

I like that the two police detectives in the early part of the movie referred to Moreland’s character as a “man”and not a “boy.”

[@paulcaron400]

I agree calling a black man a boy is demeaning and derogative. Unfortunately that was part of our history 😉 lol

[@paulcaron400]

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFEgood day Jonathan you might not understand my meaning about the name or word boy. It was derogatory towards black men during the slave days up until the 60s and civil rights movement. I hope you understand now😉👍

[@paulcaron400]

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE let’s not bicker 👌 we’re brothers across the big pond although there is some scot in me😊

[@colinhalliley111]

When Mantan is looking at the mug shot book , he refers to High Pockets , a black man, as not a bad boy . Then comments on 14 years being a long time.

[@richardwoolley7854]

As a black man I agree!

[@marymayer2282]

The actor that played The deaf-mute reminds me of the actor that played The editor in The Superman series with George Reeves

[@richardlangton6804]

Hi Reelblack , i friggin love Manton Moreland a great comedian who split from his partner Ben and never really got the great movies with great punchlines, i dont think he got out of poverty row and Monogram , but so many of us love him. I see him turn up as a taxi driver in this and the other always great Thank you.

[@harrietweber2520]

His partner Ben died

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

Great film, acting, plot, ect. Love it.

[@JaneFrieman]

Mantan Moreland was a great comedic actor. The actor who played Harris also played Perry White in the old Superman tv series.

[@edfitz3765]

And did you catch the Superman reference early on?

[@JaneFrieman]

@@edfitz3765 Mr. Hamilton resembled and sounded like Clark Kent's boss from "The Adventures of Superman". After the movie I researched on Wikipedia. That was the final confirmation. I used to watch that series as a child. "Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. No it's SUPERMAN!"

[@edfitz3765]

At11:24 she says “even Superman “ couldn’t do that.

[@classiql]

The sad part is there are cases that have been deflected from important men and accredited to innocent people who are still in jail

[@clapoutloudclapoutloud]

Mantan Moreland was in a lot of movies, got paid well, and lived very well. He was funny, intelligent and was one who got jobs in movies in a time that a black man had problems in that area, but not him.

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

Good Mystery brightened By Mr Moreland’s performance.

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Thank you. Your's is a great channel.

[@phyllishannah7203]

Lôve ❤these old movies ❤thank you very much ❤️❤️

[@reelblack]

You're welcome 😊

[@blutoblutarski2421]

The police sgt’s. [Warren Hymer] facial expressions are hilarious.

[@jasminevirgo9811]

Oh but I thought he couldn't talk or hear.🤔🤔🤔

[@garryferrington811]

You'd think they could have spelled Mantan Moreland's name right in the credits. He's the best part of the movie!

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[@NanG1466]

Mantan Moreland was a genius of entertainment, timing, presentation and visual expression. Without technical special effects. That's a true actor and can not be taught.

[@classiql]

He bent that corner so fast 😂 🤣 ↩️

[@hraheem79]

Mantan Moreland was hilarious

[@cynthiarogers2904]

YES. He always is !!!

[@jovongraham9336]

Mantan Moreland looks more like Martin lol

[@robertwalker5521]

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE ...if you are talking about Joan Wood- but, see her in "I KILLED THAT MAN". She and Iris Adrian are at their best.

[@robertwalker5521]

WOODBURY

[@paulcaron400]

Mantan Moreland never disappoints me I love ❤️ it when his eyes pop out but there is another who falls under the radar, Warren Hymer, his facial mannerisms everything about him, hilarious it’s too bad he died so young 😪

[@leonardmcdaniel2337]

Dxz1

[@MichaelRojhay]

I watch any movie with Mantan. Especially if I never saw it b4.

[@classiql]

This is a real case of the good ol boys protecting each other..... Protecting the guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence. Real life right here frfr

[@viclizardi6152]

Thanks for the video

[@christopherpowell8772]

Great movie

[@classiql]

Case of new ideas that can change the world being squashed by old ideas that hold it hostage

[@matrox]

15:35 Its Perry White from the Daily Planet.

[@aaronthomas3917]

A B-Picture from Poverty Row has a good plot and good acting personas. Critics nay call the whole thing "childish" but I liked it. Simplistic but entertaining.

[@classiql]

You gone catch a cold laying down here like that

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[@sassybelle1265]

Now that was a Cool Movie!😊

[@hertzair1186]

09:00 she says “we don’t do interviews by television “….this is 1942! Didn’t think TV was well known until 1947

[@mishrakaushik1]

The Politician made his point that too in such a subtle way.

[@tammyshirks6948]

I like these older movies they are more respectful compared to now a day movies.. I really like Mantan Moreland's acting in all the movies I seen so far of him in . 😎👍🏼😎👍🏼

[@leebritnell2405]

Mantan always good,improved anything he was in

[@davidbulla5128]

😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you. The old generation have so much to share with us.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

what a wonderful comedic actor Mantan was. Loved him always from the Chan films.

[@ronaldcates5760]

In the beginning name credits Mantan’s name is spelled wrong Manton!

[@marciagasparvieira9593]

UAUUIUUU TOPPPP 👏👏👌👍

[@condeerogers5858]

Great movie. You will enjoy it.

[@phily-hu5pr]

That guy Harrison he played as Perry White on the Superman show

[@marilynbaylis524]

Sweet! ❤️😂😂😂👏👏

[@classiql]

I can't help what that says..... That's the man that was talking to me

[@peggysiler4626]

Mantan was one of the greats RIP.👈

[@coryanntopanga]

My man say, "I'm supposed to send a man to the electric chair today. Is this where I does it?" Uh-uh no sir 💀🤣 You sending him to the electric chair today, baby? Is that what you doing? 🤣🤣🤣

[@taipan8021]

she played her Part

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[@stevengoldstein7890]

This is the real s*** totally found this by accident and now I'm a Believer

[@odinson43]

Same opening as the sphinx!

[@dgf6275]

The font is interesting.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

I don't know what the studio paid Mantan, but it wasn't enough.

[@marymayer2282]

Mantan moorland does it again 😊😊

[@jeffkeating7583]

Written Manton Moreland in the credits. Alternate spelling? Mistake? Normal? (0:20)

[@SHIRLEYGiffordCashmanMS]

"Manton" is listed in Wikipedia as one of Mantan Moreland's alternate first names.

[@lotteleymoore-daigle9623]

I like this movie 🎥

[@bethparker1500]

Isn't this a cover?

[@whatevs4531]

His name is spelled Manton Moreland in the opening credits

[@nancycatania7763]

Good movie!

[@S.Norman]

Thanks

[@CrudupZopf-ns4dr]

The whites of those eyes the guy stole the show from the beginning 😂

[@classiql]

Wait a minute here he is

[@donnac.3273]

Come on 1M

[@classiql]

The doot to doo did it for me

[@amnahaldossary4591]

فلم اكثرمن رائع شكراًجزيلاً

[@macsnafu]

Moreland's role in this one wasn't too big, but it was a good mystery anyway. Of course, the eager prosecutor was a little too eager to go to court before he had solid evidence.

[@ColKlink-cf4ds]

Mantan M. always makes me laugh; But did anybody notice that they misspelled his name in the credits?

[@garryferrington811]

This is Monogram, a CHEAP studio, which wouldn't worry about proofreading.

[@nickhomyak6128]

Perry White Editor Daily Planet..

[@vincevitagliano3891]

No audio

[@oldfan1963]

film was a remake of Phil Rosen's The Sphinx.

[@classiql]

He put the da in that job... And he's gonna keep him there. She's coreect but he should cut her loose she's a lunatic and delirious

[@b0nnierolek642]

Awesome

[@shakyhandpictures2185]

I’ll sub, love Mantan