International Crime

International Crime

Crime didn't pay when this master detective stepped in!

NR 1938 · 62 min · ★ 5.5 · Mystery, Crime, Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Charles Lamont · Written by Jack Natteford

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