International Crime
Crime didn't pay when this master detective stepped in!
1938 · 1h 2m · PASSED
Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Charles Lamont
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Charles Lamont Director
- Rod La Rocque as Lamont Cranston
- Astrid Allwyn as Phoebe Lane
- Thomas E. Jackson as Commisioner Weston
- Oscar O'Shea as Heath
- Lew Hearn as Moe
- Wilhelm von Brincken as Flotow
- Tenen Holtz as Starkhov
- William Pawley as Honest John
- Peter Potter as Burke
- John St. Polis as Roger Morton
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