When people start getting letters instructing them to leave money in public places ( or else!), the police get them together to figure out how to catch "the panther". Sydney Blackmer is Commissioner Colt, and the cops spend a LONG time bugging Mister Digberry (Byron Foulger), even putting him in a police line-up, when there is no witness. They realize he is yet another citizen falling for this scheme, like opera singer Nina Politza, played by Gerta Rozan. Check out Rozan's trivia on imdb... she had an interesting response when her part was cut from a film. The story is pretty slow, light-weight and linear. no surprises, no depth to the characters. Another very long scene between the singer and Enrico Lombardi, a minor, upper-class character who may or may not be involved in any of this. They seem to spend a lot of time on scenes that aren't important to the plot; they should have spent more time on developing the plot rather than filming all these minor scenes that have nothing to do with the story. As usual, in the old black and white films, the police are chasing their own tail rather than find the right suspect. Rick Vallin and John Ince play supporting roles as coppers. Ince was one of the three Ince brothers, all successful stars in holly-weird. Picture quality is just terrible, but it'll do. Directed by William Beaudine, who had directed a bunch of the Bowery Boys films. this one is very okay. meh.
Review of The Panther's Claw
