Strangler Of The Swamp (1945) Rating: Starring: Robert Barrat, Blake Edwards, Rosemary La Planche, Charles Middleton, Effie Parnell Director: Frank Wisbar Category: Horror Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 58 mins Want to buy?           He was hanged for a crime he didn't commit, and now he's the … A ferryman who was wrongly hanged for murder is now a ghost, and he's more than a little perturbed. He wants revenge, and he's inflicting strange, violent deaths on the townsfolk responsible for this execution. The ghost (Charles Middleton, best-known for playing Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon series) is all the scarier for his simplicity: a grim shape that gradually manifests itself, blending into the shadows and the night. Blake Edwards, in a rare acting appearance before he became a famous director, is Christian Sanders, Jr., next on the ghost's list of victims, and Rosemary La Planche is his lover who's willing to sacrifice herself to save his life. Robert Barrat is the community leader who fights the villagers' superstitions. Steeped in gothic atmosphere, Strangler Of The Swamp recreated director Frank Wisbar's extremely stylish classic fantasy film, Fahrmann Maria, made in Germany before Wisbar came to Hollywood and directed such movies as the Devil Bat's Daughter. Wisbar's inventive use of lighting, camera and sets makes Strangler a stand-out.