"The Phantom Light" is a pretty ordinary British thriller. It starts off very slowly but the second half works very well and the film was quite interesting. The story involves a supposed phantom lighthouse. However, this might NOT be a case of the supernatural but someone with more devious motives. After all, a false lighthouse light MIGHT prove beneficial if you want to make an insurance claim. So, disguised like ordinary folks, Ian Hunter (working for the Royal Navy) and the rather annoying Binnie Hale (working for Scotland Yard) row out to the old lighthouse. The problem is that IF someone there is involved in some conspiracy, which one of the people working at the lighthouse is responsible and how do they force ships onto the rocks? If this film had been made in the States, I might think it was a B-movie--a relatively cheaply made film made as a second film in a double-feature. This isn't necessarily a complaint--more just a comment about the style of film--breezy and entertaining though not especially deep or fancy. Worth seeing as a time-passer.
Review of The Phantom Light
