The Phantom Buster
Film poster
Directed byWilliam Bertram
Written byBetty Burbridge
Walter J. Coburn
Produced byLester F. Scott Jr.
StarringBuddy Roosevelt
Alma Rayford
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • August 14, 1927 (1927-08-14)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Phantom Buster is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Bertram and featuring Boris Karloff in a supporting role.[1]

Plot

Bill Turner, a construction worker, steals from the corporate payroll for a gang and frames his lookalike Jeff McCloud for the crime. After Turner gets killed in an armed robbery by Jim Breed, Jeff escapes from prison and takes Turner's place in the gang, which is smuggling firearms across the Mexico–United States border. After an ambush McCloud is cared for by Babs, who was betrothed to Turner by her grandfather. Breed appears and reveals Jeff's ruse, but he and Babs are rescued by law enforcement.

Cast

See also

References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Phantom Buster". Silent Era. Retrieved April 13, 2008.


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