The Vanishing Shadow

Apr 22, 1934

4h 2m

★ 6.5

Overview

A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'

Genres

Science Fiction

Action

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Stanley Stanfield

Onslow Stevens

Gloria Barnett

Ada Ince

Wade Barnett

Walter Miller

Prof. Carl Van Dorn

James Durkin

Dorgan

Richard Cramer

MacDonald

William Desmond

John Cadwell

J. Frank Glendon

Denny

Sidney Bracey

Badger

Monte Montague

Kent

Edmund Cobb

Sal

Beulah Hutton

Roadwork Foreman

Lee J. Cobb

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