Invisible Ghost

Apr 25, 1941

1h 4m

★ 5.1

Out of the darkness comes the ear-piercing cry of a terrified girl...

Overview

The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.

Genres

Horror

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Banner Productions

Monogram Pictures

Invisible Ghost Trailers

Cast

Dr. Charles Kessler

Bela Lugosi

Virginia Kessler

Polly Ann Young

Ralph Dickson / Paul Dickson

John McGuire

Evans the Butler

Clarence Muse

Lt. Williams

George Pembroke

Mrs. Kessler

Betty Compson

Jules Mason, caretaker

Ernie Adams

Mrs. Mason

Ottola Nesmith

Cecile Mannix, maid

Terry Walker

Detective Ryan

Fred Kelsey

Jim, a detective

Jack Mulhall

Guard at Ralph's Execution (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

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