{{short description|1924 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Phantom Justice | image = Phantom Justice lobby card.jpg | alt = | caption = Lobby card | director = Richard Thomas | producer = | screenplay = Burnett Manley | story = Daniel F. Whitcomb | starring = Rod La Rocque<br>Garry O'Dell<br>Kathryn McGuire<br>Frederick Vroom<br>Lillian Leighton<br>Frederick Moore | music = | cinematography = Jack Fuqua | editing = | studio = Richard Thomas Productions | distributor = Film Booking Offices of America | released = {{Film date|1924|2|17}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Phantom Justice''''' is a 1924 American silent crime film directed by Richard Thomas and written by Burnett Manley. The film stars Rod La Rocque, Garry O'Dell, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Lillian Leighton, and Frederick Moore. The film was released on February 17, 1924, by Film Booking Offices of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/501251/phantom-justice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730080430/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/501251/Phantom-Justice/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |title=Phantom Justice (1924) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/phantom-justice-v105999 |title=Phantom Justice (1924) - Richard Thomas |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/11341 |title=Phantom Justice |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
==Plot== As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: ''Phantom Justice'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=11 |pages=24 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=2 February 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n699/mode/1up |accessdate=5 August 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Kingsley, a criminal lawyer who often defends those he knows are guilty, visits a dentist. He is summoned thence by a gangster to where Goldie Harper has killed a man. The body is removed under Kingsley's instructions, but unknown to him it is buried in his yard. He defends Goldie successfully, but the body is found. Beatrice Brooks, his sweetheart who objects to his career of defending guilty thugs, is killed by crooks, and the police are about to arrest him. He then wakes up in the dentist's chair, having been in a dream. He resolves to change his business practices.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Rod La Rocque as Kingsley *Garry O'Dell as 'Spike' Lorel *Kathryn McGuire as Beatrice Brooks *Frederick Vroom as Dr. Wills *Lillian Leighton as Mother Meg *Frederick Moore as 'Gyp' Doyle *Gordon Dumont as 'Can' Weasel *Estelle Taylor as 'Goldie' Harper *Rex Ballard as 'Duke' Ruggles *Norval MacGregor as Wolfe }}
==Preservation== An incomplete copy of ''Phantom Justice'' is held at the BFI National Archive.<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.315/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Phantom Justice'']</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0015227|Phantom Justice}}
Category:1924 films Category:American silent crime films Category:1924 crime films Category:Film Booking Offices of America films Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1924 English-language films Category:1924 American films Category:English-language crime films
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