The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)

Director:

Ford Beebe

Writers:

Ford Beebe (story) &
Colbert Clark (story) ...

Release Date:

1 February 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

A CRASHING Adventure Serial! (1949 re-release poster)

Plot:

The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle...

Plot Keywords:

Serial | Ventriloquist | Skywriting | Midget | 12 Chapters

Cast

John Wayne	...	Craig McCoy
Dorothy Gulliver	...	Jean Gregory
Edward Hearn	...	Col. Nathan B. Gregory
Richard Tucker	...	Maj. Evans, company owner
Lloyd Whitlock	...	Green, a director
Walter Miller	...	Danby, a director
Edmund Burns	...	Clark, a director [Chs. 1-3]
Pat O'Malley	...	Ames, a director
Kenneth Harlan	...	Ward, a director
'Little Billy' Rhodes	...	Billy Little, the midget (as Little Billy)
Ivan Linow	...	Heinie, the strongman
James Bradbury Jr.	...	Henry, the ventriloquist
Ernie Adams	...	Frederick 'Pat' Kelly, the barker (as Ernie S. Adams)
Roy D'Arcy	...	Henchman Gardner
Bud Osborne	...	Henchman Tim Moore

Runtime:

218 min (12 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Antelope Valley, California, USA

Company:

Mascot Pictures

Trivia:

Chapter Titles: - 1. The Carnival Mystery - 2. Pinholes - 3. The Eagle Strikes - 4. The Man of a Million Voices - 5. The Telephone Cipher - 6. Code of the Carnival - 7. Eagle or Vulture? - 8. On the Spot - 9. When Thieves Fall Out - 10.The Man Who Knew - 11.The Eagle's Wings - 12.The Shadow Unmasked

Movie Connections:

Featured in Action Heroes of the Cliffhanger Serials (1992) (V)

Talk about nostalgia!

Well what d'ya know? Just stumbled across this little caper which brings back happy memories of a childhood long long departed. The year was 1950 and I recall SHADOW OF THE EAGLE, the first time I ever clapped eyes on a very young up and coming John Wayne. (He had fully upped and comed by 1950!) Interestingly, this action-fest was considered somewhat of a "relic" even then!

Shown as a weekly 20 minute serial at our local Saturday Morning Flicks...itself, the major regular event in our home town, I recall Wayne as square-jawed pilot Craig McCoy out to discover the truth behind the disappearance of a fairground owner whose livelihood had been threatened by the nefarious "Eagle." Each episode left a young boy barely able to wait for the following Saturday to catch Craig's latest revelations and discoveries in the dastardly plot. Actually, I can't ever recall the concluding episode.....maybe I had a sleepover the previous night? Maybe I'd finally cracked a date in her pedal-car with the five year old blonde tease next door, in which case poor old Duke was never a chance!