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The Phantom Light (1935)
Director: Michael Powell
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A creaky stage play is transformed by Powell into a cheap but splendidly atmospheric comedy thriller. Gordon Harker stars as a Cockney lighthouse-keeper who, with the aid of an insurance investigator (Hale) and a naval officer (Hunter), sees off a gang of wreckers intent on no good. The leader of the wreckers is one 'Dr Carey', the setting is Wales, and the climactic confrontation is intercut with a ship heading for the rocks. Any party, even the Welsh Nationalists, could interpret this allegory to their own ends.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Powell
Producer: Michael Balcon
Cast: Gordon Harker, Ian Hunter, Binnie Hale, Milton Rosmer, Donald Calthrop, Reginald Tate full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 75 mins
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