Movie: The Shadow

Top 8 Billed Cast

Tom Helmore
Tom Helmore

Lamont Cranston

Paula Raymond
Paula Raymond

Margot Lane

Frank M. Thomas
Frank M. Thomas

Commissioner Weston

Alexander Scourby
Alexander Scourby

Rollo Grimbauer

Norman Shelly
Norman Shelly

Detective Harris

William Smithers
William Smithers

Alex Bromm

Leona Powers
Leona Powers

The Landlady

Peggy Lobbin
Peggy Lobbin

Cissy Chadwick

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    Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.

  • Release Date

    1954-06-27

  • Average

    4.5

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
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    English
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