The Crimson Ghost is a 1946 12-chapter Republic film serial directed by Fred C. Brannon and William Witney with Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling playing the leads. This was Witney’s last serial, after a career that left him one of the most praised of all serial directors. The serial was re-released as a six-episode television series in the 1950s and as a television film called Cyclotrode “X” in 1966. In the 1990s The Crimson Ghost was one of only two Republic serials to be colorized. The villain of the serial, the Crimson Ghost of the title, is one of the most visually striking of the medium. The horror punk band Misfits adapted his visage as their skull logo, and he has appeared in the music video for the song “The Number of the Beast” by Iron Maiden.

Plot
A mysterious villain, the eponymous Crimson Ghost, is determined to steal a counter atomic device known as Cyclotrode X, which can short out any electrical device.

Cast
Charles Quigley as Duncan Richards
Linda Stirling as Diana Farnsworth
Clayton Moore as Ashe
I. Stanford Jolley as Doctor Blackton and the Voice of the Crimson Ghost
Kenne Duncan as Dr. Chambers
Forrest Taylor as Professor Van Wyck
Emmett Vogan as Anderson
Sam Flint as Maxwell
Joseph Forte as Professor Parker/the Crimson Ghost
Stanley Price as Count Fator