The Shadow

The Shadow

WRAPPED IN MYSTERY! LOADED WITH THRILLS!

NR 1940 · 285 min · ★ 7.3 · Action, Crime, Science Fiction

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Directed by James W. Horne · Written by Joseph F. Poland

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Cast

Victor Jory Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
Veda Ann Borg Margo Lane
Roger Moore Harry Vincent
Robert Fiske Stanford Marshall
John Paul Jones Mr. Turner (as J. Paul Jones)
Chuck Hamilton Henchman Roberts
Edward Peil Sr. Inspector Joe Cardona
Frank LaRue Commissioner Ralph Weston
Philip Ahn Wu Yung
Griff Barnett Stephen Prescott
Dick Botiller Green
Budd Buster Beggar Giving Cranston Tip on Radio Shop

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The Shadow Strikes

The Shadow Strikes · 1937

The Shadow Strikes

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.

International Crime

International Crime · 1938

International Crime

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The second and final Grand National Pictures film to feature The Shadow, played again by Rod La Rocque. In this version, Lamont Cranston is an amateur detective and host of a radio show with his assistant Phoebe (not Margo) Lane. Cabbie Moe Shrevnitz and Commissioner Weston also appear.

The Shadow Returns

The Shadow Returns · 1946

The Shadow Returns

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The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask · 1946

Behind the Mask

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Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.

The Missing Lady

The Missing Lady · 1946

The Missing Lady

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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 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.

The Invisible Avenger

The Invisible Avenger · 1958

The Invisible Avenger

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

The Shadow

The Shadow · 1994

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Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

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Thundering Landlords

Thundering Landlords · 1925

Thundering Landlords

Thundering Landlords is a 1925 short

Laughing Gravy

Laughing Gravy · 1931

Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.

Way Out West

Way Out West · 1937

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Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

Our Wife

Our Wife · 1931

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.

Come Clean

Come Clean · 1931

The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.

Any Old Port!

Any Old Port! · 1932

Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.

Itching Palms

Itching Palms · 1923

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The search is on for a bank robber's hidden stash in a house they all say is haunted.

Playing at Politics

Playing at Politics · 1931

Playing at Politics

Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.

Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies · 1928

Black Butterflies

An exposé of the "fake" or "wicked" Bohemian social circles, highlighting the moral consequences of their actions. The film features a "pleasure-seeking" philosophy, evidenced by the intertitle that read, "May we help ourselves to life's pleasures?"

Perils of the Royal Mounted

Perils of the Royal Mounted · 1942

Perils of the Royal Mounted

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Sergeant MacLane of the Mounties investigates the disruptive activities of a bunch of troublemakers.

The Iron Claw

The Iron Claw · 1941

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The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster...and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.

Fast Work

Fast Work · 1930

Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an asylum escapee.

One Good Turn

One Good Turn · 1931

Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.

Beau Hunks

Beau Hunks · 1931

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

College

College · 1927

MovieDramaComedy

A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.

Bonnie Scotland

Bonnie Scotland · 1935

Bonnie Scotland

Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.

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Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler · 1922

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Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

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