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The Shadow Strikes
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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

Cast

Rod La Rocque

Lamont Cranston / The Shadow

Rod La Rocque

Agnes Anderson

Marcia Delthern

Agnes Anderson

James Blakeley

Jasper Delthern

James Blakeley

Walter McGrail

Winstead Comstock

Walter McGrail

William Kellogg

Humphrey Comstock

William Kellogg

Cy Kendall

Brossett

Cy Kendall

Kenneth Harlan

Captain Breen

Kenneth Harlan

Norman Ainsley

Hendricks

Norman Ainsley

John St. Polis

Caleb Delthern

John St. Polis

Wilson Benge

Wellington

Wilson Benge

John Carnivale

Warren Berranger

John Carnivale

James C. Morton

Kelly

James C. Morton

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