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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.
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Audiences 50GoodWatch 53
IMDb5.0
Running time
1 h 8 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 mysteries, −34 min on the typical 102
typical 10268Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 26 more
Released
1946
May 25, 1946
80 years ago
Genres
MysteryScience FictionLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 9 more12 people
- Kane RichmondLamont Cranston / The Shadow
- Barbara ReadMargo Lane
- George ChandlerShrevvie
- Dorothea KentJennie Delaney
- Joseph CrehanPolice Inspector Cardonna
- Pierre WatkinPolice Commissioner Weston
- Robert ShayneBrad Thomas
- June ClydeEdith Merrill
James CardwellJeff Mann
Marjorie HoshelleMae Bishop
Joyce ComptonLulu
Edward GarganDetective Dixon
Directing · 2
- William Beaudine Director
- Phil Karlson Director
Writing · 1
- George Callahan Screenplay
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Film 5 of 7 · after The Shadow Returns · then The Missing Lady
- The Shadow Strikes (1937)
GoodWatch score 63Film 1
- International Crime (1938)
GoodWatch score 40Film 2
- The Shadow (1940)
GoodWatch score 70Film 3
- The Shadow Returns (1946)
GoodWatch score 56Film 4
- Behind the Mask (1946)
GoodWatch score 52You're here
- The Missing Lady (1946)
GoodWatch score 51Film 6
- The Shadow (1994)
GoodWatch score 51Film 7
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