The Phantom Light

An atmospheric crime thriller set in a remote offshore lighthouse.

  • Director

    Michael Powell

  • With

    Binnie Hale, Gordon Harker, Donald Calthrop, Milton Rosmer, Ian Hunter

  • UK 1935. 76min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    PG

Powell bid for box-office success with this tale of a gang of ship-wreckers who spread the legend of a ‘phantom lighthouse’ to distract attention from their activities – but they didn’t reckon on Gordon Harker’s newly-installed lighthouse keeper Sam Higgins. Edited by Powell’s soon-to-be regular collaborator Derek Twist, and making evocative use of its coastal locations, it’s all carried off with real atmosphere.

James Bell

Remastering has been supported by Matt Spick and the Charles Skey Charitable Trust.

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