It is directed by Henry McCarty and stars Thunder the Dog, Betty Francisco and Eddie Phillips.

[1][2] Produced by the independent Gotham Pictures, location shooting took place around the Redwood Forest in Santa Cruz County, California.

As described in a film magazine review,[3] while a pup, Thunder runs wild in the forest, but becomes attached to Helen Taylor, who owns land that has oil prospects and is mortgaged.

Certain land speculators plot to seize the property, but are prevented by Frank Wallace who pays the interest.

Prints of The Phantom of the Forest are located in the Library of Congress and BFI National Archive.