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The Phantom Flyer
Also known as The Phantom Ranger in the USA
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4253 feet
Directed by Bruce Mitchell

Cast: Al Wilson [Dick Stanton], Lillian Gilmore [Mary Crandall], Buck Connors [John Crandall], Billy ‘Red’ Jones [Nick Crandall], Don Fuller [Slim Decker], Myrtis Crinley [Isabella Pipp, the cook], Mary Cornwallis [Julia Hart], Larry Steers [Joe Calvert]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Air Thriller; A Universal Thrill Feature]. / Scenario by Bruce Mitchell, from a screen story by Bruce Mitchell. Cinematography by William Adams. Film editor, Lee Anthony (De Leon Anthony). Intertitles written by Gardner Bradford. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 20 October 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP24565]. Released 26 February 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Not the same film as The Phantom Flyer (1928). / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 December 2024.

References: Limbacher-Feature p. 188 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.