Invisible Ghost

The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.

Cast

Bela Lugosi

as Dr. Charles Kessler

Polly Ann Young

as Virginia Kessler

John McGuire

as Ralph Dickson / Paul Dickson

Clarence Muse

as Evans the Butler

George Pembroke

as Lt. Williams

Betty Compson

as Mrs. Kessler

Ernie Adams

as Jules Mason, caretaker

Ottola Nesmith

as Mrs. Mason

Terry Walker

as Cecile Mannix, maid

Fred Kelsey

as Detective Ryan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A fine performance from Bela Lugosi in a sort of "Jeykll and Hyde" role as a respectable man by day but a killer at night - driven by the hypnotic effects of seeing his dead wife back from the grave. The storyline is pretty tosh; and but for Clarence Muse as "Evans" the butler, the supporting cast p...

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