Movies / The Phantom (1996)
Runtime: 100 min
Languages: English
This plain-vanilla version of the old Lee Falk comic strip stars Billy Zane as a 1930s incarnation of the Phantom, an African-based, masked hero whose forefathers have all donned the costume at one time or another. Sworn to crush evil, the Phantom leaves his jungle lair to venture to New York, where he takes on a charming but criminal mastermind (Treat Williams). There's no oomph to this film at all. The very capable director Simon Wincer (Phar Lap) seems to be working with a leaden production and an inferior talent pool behind the camera. The talent in front of the camera do their best, but it isn't enough. --Tom Keogh
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Simon Wincer | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Jeffrey Boam | (written by) |
Lee Falk | (characters) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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David Newman | ... |
Editors (2) | Credit |
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Bryan H. Carroll | ... |
O. Nicholas Brown | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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David Burr | ... |
Actors (35) | Credit |
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Agoes Widjaya Soedjarwo | Pirate #1 |
Alan Zitner | Dr. Fleming |
Al Ruscio | Police Commissioner Farley |
Austin Peters | Boy Phantom |
Bernard Kates | Falkmoore the Butler |
Bill Smitrovich | Uncle Dave Palmer |
Billy Zane | The Phantom / Kit Walker |
Bo Kane | Mounted Cop |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | The Great Kabai Sengh |
Casey Siemaszko | Morgan |
Catherine Zeta-Jones | Sala (as Catherine Zeta Jones) |
Chatpong 'Jim' Petchlor | Zak |
Clint Lilley | Gangster #1 |
Dane Carson | Cpl. Weeks |
Dane Farwell | Breen |
David Proval | Charlie Zephro |
James Remar | Quill |
Jared Chandler | Styles |
John Capodice | Al the Cabby |
John Prosky | Cycle Cop |
Jon Tenney | Jimmy Wells |
Jo Phillips | Female Pilot |
Joseph Ragno | Ray Zephro |
Kristy Swanson | Diana Palmer |
Leon Russom | Mayor Krebs |
Patrick McGoohan | Phantom's Dad |
Radmar Agana Jao | Guran |
Robert Coleby | Capt. Philip Horton |
Rod Dailey | Short Order Cook |
Samantha Eggar | Lily Palmer |
Treat Williams | Xander Drax |
Valerie Flueger | Drax's Receptionist |
Victor Madrona | Shaman |
William Jones | Cycle Cop |
William Zappa | Ugly Pirate |