The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 12 chapter science fiction horror serial starring Bela Lugosi as mad scientist Doctor Zorka, who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and G-Men try to seize the inventions for themselves. It is the 112th serial released by Universal Pictures and the 44th to have sound. It was adapted in DC's Movie Comics #6, cover date September–October 1939, the final issue of that title. Cast Béla Lugosi as Dr. Alex Zorka. Robert Kent as Capt. Bob West Dorothy Arnold as Jean Drew Edwin Stanley as Dr. Fred Mallory Regis Toomey as Jim Daley Jack C. Smith as Monk Edward Van Sloan as Jarvis [Chs.2-12] Dora Clement as Ann Zorka [Chs.1-2] (as Dora Clemant) Anthony Averill as Rankin - Henchman [Chs.2-12] Hugh Huntley as Perkins, Dr. Mallory's lab assistant [Chs.2-12] Monte Vandergrift as Al - Guard [Ch.5] Frank Mayo as Train Engineer [Ch.6] Jim Farley as Skipper [Ch.9] (as James Farley) Eddie Acuff as Mac - AMI Agent [Chs.2-12] Reed Howes as Signalman [Ch.10] Ed Wolff as The Robot (as Edw. Wolff)
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 12 chapter science fiction horror serial starring Bela Lugosi as mad scientist Doctor Zorka, who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and G-Men try to seize the inventions for themselves. It is the 112th serial released by Universal Pictures and the 44th to have sound. It was adapted in DC's Movie Comics #6, cover date September–October 1939, the final issue of that title. Cast Béla Lugosi as Dr. Alex Zorka. Robert Kent as Capt. Bob West Dorothy Arnold as Jean Drew Edwin Stanley as Dr. Fred Mallory Regis Toomey as Jim Daley Jack C. Smith as Monk Edward Van Sloan as Jarvis [Chs.2-12] Dora Clement as Ann Zorka [Chs.1-2] (as Dora Clemant) Anthony Averill as Rankin - Henchman [Chs.2-12] Hugh Huntley as Perkins, Dr. Mallory's lab assistant [Chs.2-12] Monte Vandergrift as Al - Guard [Ch.5] Frank Mayo as Train Engineer [Ch.6] Jim Farley as Skipper [Ch.9] (as James Farley) Eddie Acuff as Mac - AMI Agent [Chs.2-12] Reed Howes as Signalman [Ch.10] Ed Wolff as The Robot (as Edw. Wolff)