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The Panther's Claw Reviews

  • 1942
  • 1 hr 12 mins
  • NR
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A detective (Sidney Blackmer) probes an opera death involving a wigmaker (Byron Foulger). Abbott: Ricki Vallin. Miss Spencer: Lynn Starr. Nina: Gerta Rozan. Endico: Joaquin Edwards. William Beaudine directed.

There's murder in an opera company, and Blackmer's out to solve the case. Assisted by Vallin, he investigates and meets Edwards, playing a drunken baritone, Rozan as a beautiful singer, and Foulger as the opera company's wigmaker and focal point of this tightly controlled, better-than-average mystery. It's well-acted with some realistic dialog and sequences. The direction shows a good feel for mystery and suspense with its brisk pace.