The Phantom Creeps is everything an old classic B sci-fi is supposed to be.

It features Bela Lugosi (as Dr.

Zorka), a mad megalomaniac genius with a utility belt and a sack of gadgets that would make Batman and James Bond blush, against a team of CIA-types, a reporter, and local law enforcement.

Lugosi hams up a storm and really seems to enjoy himself in this immensely silly role.

His somewhat untrustworthy and dull side-kick, played by Jack Smith is a great foil to his overbearing stage presence, and he makes a truly great sadist!

Date : 1939
Cast : Robert Kent (actor) as Capt.

Bob West, G-Man (slang)
Dorothy Arnold (Olson) as Jean Drew, reporter
Edwin Stanley as Dr.

Fred Mallory, Dr.

Zorka's former partner
Regis Toomey as Lt.

Jim Daley, G-Man
Jack C.

Smith as Monk, Dr.

Zorka's assistant
Edward Van Sloan as Jarvis, foreign spy chief
Dora Clement as Ann Zorka
Anthony Averill as Rankin, a foreign spy
Hugh Huntley as Perkins, Dr.

Mallory's lab assistant
Ed Wolff (actor) as The Robot