"The Phantom of 42nd Street" takes the trope of the reporter as a detective a step further and has a newsletter theater critic turning detective. A wealthy and prominent theater owner is murdered and his family and employees are all suspects. Tony, the Broadway theater critic, reluctantly takes on the investigation to find the killer. This mystery from 1945 suffers from an inscrutable plot, although it's well acted and there are some high points. Mike and Amber go through the plot of this movie and share an original character for use in tabletop role playing games that listeners can download for use in their campaigns.
- Title: The Phantom of 42nd Street
- Year: 1945
- B/W or Color: B/W
- Director: Albert Herman
- 5.2 out of 10 on IMDB
- Length: 57 minutes
- Content warnings: Gunplay, murder, trivializing mental illness
- 5th Edition Character: The Thesbian, a shape shifting actor
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