Phantom Raiders
A new Nick Carter adventure!
1940 · 1h 10m · PASSED
Adventure, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Jacques Tourneur
Overview
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
Director and cast
- Jacques Tourneur Director
- Walter Pidgeon as Nick Carter
- Donald Meek as Bartholomew
- Joseph Schildkraut as Mr. Al Taurez
- Florence Rice as Cora Barnes
- Nat Pendleton as 'Gunboat' Jacklin
- Cecil Kellaway as Franklin Morris
- John Carroll as John Ramsell Jr.
- Steffi Duna as Dolores
- Dwight Frye as Eddie Anders
- Matthew Boulton as John Ramsell Sr.
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