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The Phantom Buster
Film poster
Directed by	William Bertram
Written by	Betty Burbridge Walter J. Coburn
Produced by	Lester F. Scott Jr.
Starring	Buddy Roosevelt Alma Rayford
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 14, 1927 (1927-08-14)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Phantom Buster is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Bertram starring Buddy Roosevelt and featuring Boris Karloff in a supporting role. It is considered a lost film.

Plot

Bill Turner, a construction worker, steals from the corporate payroll for a gang and frames his lookalike Jeff McCloud for the crime. After Turner gets killed in an armed robbery by Jim Breed, Jeff escapes from prison and takes Turner's place in the gang, which is smuggling firearms across the Mexico–United States border. After an ambush McCloud is cared for by Babs, who was betrothed to Turner by her grandfather. Breed appears and reveals Jeff's ruse, but he and Babs are rescued by law enforcement.

Cast

• Buddy Roosevelt as Jeff McCloud / Bill Turner
• Alma Rayford as Babs
• Slim Whitaker as Cassidy (as Charles Whitaker)
• Boris Karloff as Ramon
• John Junior as Jim
• Walter Maly as Jack
• Lawrence Underwood as Sheriff

See also

• Boris Karloff filmography

External links

• The Phantom Buster at IMDb