The Phantom of Crestwood is a 1932 American pre-Code murder-mystery film released by Radio Pictures, directed by J. Walter Ruben, and starring Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Anita Louise, H.B.

Morley plays Jenny Wren, who plans to extort money from various wealthy ex-lovers, after she lures them to a ranch called “Casa de Andes” near Crestwood, California.

A contest offered more than 100 prizes totaling $6,000 ($134,000 in 2023 dollars) for the best endings submitted to the network and Radio Pictures.

[5] Beautiful courtesan Jenny Wren intends to “retire” to Europe, sailing first class and “alone, for once.” She gathers four rich and powerful former lovers—Priam Andes, William Jones, Eddie Mack and Herbert Walcott—along with Walcott's wife and Jones' fiancée, for an impromptu weekend party at Andes' ranch on the California coast.

She blackmails Andes into hosting the event and informs him that his nephew and heir, Frank, is engaged to her young sister, Esther.

Andes' sister, Faith, arrives unexpectedly, obsessed with the family's old California bloodline and worried about her nephew's engagement.

Disturbed, Jenny tells the four another reason why she is through: Flashback: Three weeks before, in the Adirondack Mountains, an unnamed young man, scion of a wealthy family, gives Jenny his fraternity pin, and tells her that he will get no money from his father if he marries before he is 25.

He catches her; she murmurs “That face.”[7] He puts her body on the sofa and leaves, but a landslide blocks the road.

Faith phones the Crestwood police but is stopped by Farnsbarns, who introduces himself as Gary Curtis, a New York City private detective.

Curtis starts his own investigation, knowing the police are coming; they will pin the crime on him unless he finds the killer first.

A distraught Vayne/Herrick cries out: It is the death mask of his son, Tom (the unnamed youth in Jenny's story).

Back in the house, Curtis stands where Jenny's murderer stood and mimes the dart throw, knocking the wall with his hand.