The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

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)

Good guys can't catch a break, but win in the end.

The good guys never seem to catch a break. It added to the plot and my frustration. What a roller coaster of a movie. It was a good movie and keeps you on the edge of your seat rooting for the good guys to get one thing to go their way. Common John Wayne where, as the hero, he never gives up hope.

Didn't realize that it was almost 3 hours till it got close to the end and I looked up at the clock.

If you like b/w old movies, it's a good show to watch. I like John Wayne but have watched most of his older movies. It's a lot of fun to see a young John Wayne running around to save the day. If you don't like the older John Wayne movies, give some of is younger stuff a chance.