The Shadow

Mar 2, 1933

1h 3m

★ 5.6

The Shadow Kills to Thrill!

Overview

A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

Real Art Productions

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Cast

Reggie Ogden

Henry Kendall

Sonia Bryant

Elizabeth Allan

Sir Richard Bryant

Felix Aylmer

Moya Silverton

Jeanne Stuart

Jim Silverton

Cyril Raymond

Mrs. Bascomb

Viola Compton

Detective Inspector Carr

John Turnbull

Chief Inspector Elliot

Ralph Truman

Chief Inspector Fleming

Denis Cowles

Wallis

Vincent Holman

Beverley Kent

James Raglan

Willit

Gordon Begg

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.

5.2

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Dec 1, 1968

When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.

7.0

The Spiral Staircase

Jan 26, 1946

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

4.1

The Living Ghost

Aug 11, 1942

A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.

6.0

Night of the Skull

Sep 29, 1974

After Lord Archibald Marion is brutally murdered by an unknown assailant, his bitter and feuding family members gather for a reading of the will, setting into motion an increasingly chilling series of deaths when their arrival is marked by a second grisly killing.

4.4

The Shadow Strikes

Oct 29, 1937

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.

6.9

The Cat and the Canary

Aug 20, 1927

Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.

4.9

The Invisible Avenger

Dec 2, 1958

Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader.

6.5

The Hidden Hand

Nov 7, 1942

Eccentric wealthy old woman Lorinda Channing uses her insane brother, John Channing, to help her frighten their greedy relatives after her money.

6.0

The Cat Creeps

Nov 10, 1930

Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.

5.2

The Black Raven

May 31, 1943

One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and her father, and a gangster take refuge in a remote inn called "The Black Raven" after the nickname of a second gangster who owns it; and murder ensues.

4.1

The Monster Walks

Feb 7, 1932

Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it's her turn, as her deranged and relentless uncle targets her for death with the help of his wife and son, plus a very unhappy ape.

0.0

Unknown Treasures

Sep 1, 1926

A poor man refrains from proposing to the woman he loves until he can secure the fortune left him by his uncle. Believing the treasure awaits in his uncle's abandoned mansion, he begins searching... only to uncover mystery, murder, and a killer ape.

6.2

Night Monster

Oct 20, 1942

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.