The Vanishing Shadow
1934 · 4h 2m · APPROVED
Action, Science Fiction
Directed by
Lew Landers
Overview
A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'
Director and cast
- Lew Landers Director
- Onslow Stevens as Stanley Stanfield
- Ada Ince as Gloria Barnett
- Walter Miller as Wade Barnett
- James Durkin as Prof. Carl Van Dorn
- Richard Cramer as Dorgan
- William Desmond as MacDonald
- J. Frank Glendon as John Cadwell
- Sidney Bracey as Denny
- Monte Montague as Badger
- Edmund Cobb as Kent
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