The Shadow Strikes

Oct 29, 1937

1h 2m

★ 4.4

Scourge of the underworld!

Overview

Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney to the home of Delthern, a wealthy client, who wants a new will drawn up. As Cranston meets with him, Delthern is suddenly shot, and Cranston is quickly caught up in a new mystery.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

Colony Pictures

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Cast

Lamont Cranston / The Shadow

Rod La Rocque

Marcia Delthern

Agnes Anderson

Jasper Delthern

James Blakeley

Winstead Comstock

Walter McGrail

Humphrey Comstock

William Kellogg

Brossett

Cy Kendall

Captain Breen

Kenneth Harlan

Hendricks

Norman Ainsley

Caleb Delthern

John St. Polis

Wellington

Wilson Benge

Warren Berranger

John Carnivale

Kelly

James C. Morton

While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sleuth Lamont Cranston aka the Shadow (Kane Richmond) finds himself being blamed for the crime. It doesn't help the Shadow's claims of innocence when more bodies begin piling up. Good thing he knows exactly who's guilty among an increasingly smaller group of suspects.

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0.0

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5.4

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0.0

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6.1

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6.5

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4.5

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0.0

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