Vampire's Ghost, The

Release date:	1945 USA
Running time:	59' (cover 60') - Source: VHS NTSC b/w
Rating:	UK: H; US: NR
Main Crew:	Director: Lesley Selander (The Texican 1966; Tall Man Riding 1955) Producer: Republic Pictures Corporation Score: Richard Cherwin Writer: John K. Butler / Leigh Brackett Director of photography: Bud Thackery / Robert Pittack
Cast:	Use the dropdown menu to see the full cast John Abbott / Webb Fallon Charles Gordon / Roy Kendrick Peggy Stewart / Julie Vance Grant Withers / Father Gilchrist Emmett Vogan / Thomas Vance Adele Mara / Lisa Roy Barcroft / Capt. Jim Barrett Martin Wilkins / Simon Peter Frank Jaquet / The Doctor Jimmy Aubrey / The Bum Tom Steele / Sailor with Barrett Frank O'Connor / Sailor Arlyn Roberts / Dancer Zack Williams / Taba Jim Thorpe / Native George M. Carleton Fred Howard Floyd Shackelford Charles Sullivan
Summary:	In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by an old man named Webb Fallon (John Abbott). Fallon, the leader of the underworld on Africa's West Coast, is actually a 400-year-old vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years. He has been condemned to wander the Earth forever due to an ancient curse laid on his head back in 1588, and he can't be killed - at least until he finally crumbles under the onslaught of silver-tipped spears, fire, and a falling idol in a voodoo temple.
Note:	- Shooting the movie was interrupted mid-film by a barroom brawl. - "Vampire's Ghost" was the first screenwriting effort by Leigh Brackett, who went on to projects like "The Big Sleep" and "Rio Bravo". - Probably the first vampire in cinematic history wearing sunglasses.
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