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The Shadow Strikes (1937) -- Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office...

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Director:
Lynn Shores
Writers:
Walter B. Gibson (story)
Al Martin (adaptation)
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Release Date:
29 October 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Tagline:
Scourge of the underworld!
Plot:
Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Not great, not a bomb either. more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Rod La Rocque ... Lamont Granston (The Shadow)
Agnes Anderson ... Marcia Delthern (as Lynn Anders)
James Blakeley ... Jasper Delthern
Walter McGrail ... Winstead Comstock
Bruce Kellogg ... Humphrey Comstock (as Bill Kellogg)
Cy Kendall ... Barney Grossett
Kenneth Harlan ... Captain Breen
Norman Ainsley ... Henry Hendricks
John St. Polis ... Caleb Delthern
Wilson Benge ... Wellington
John Carnivale ... Warran Berringer
James C. Morton ... Detective Kelly (as James Morton)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
61 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #3426)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Right after Detective Kelly whisked the two thieves away to the station, Captain Breen encountered 'Randall' (Rod La Rocque) picking up the documents that had fallen on the floor during the attempted robbery. All the ones he had in his hand were neatly folded with a stack of envelopes, which he placed back on the floor when Captain Breen walked in. However when Henry entered the room, the first thing he picked up was a long unfolded sheet of paper. more
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Version of The Shadow (1940) more

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List: "The Shadow" radio episodes
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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Not great, not a bomb either., 16 January 2002
Author: CryFi from Lansingburgh, New York, USA

The Shadow has a mustache?!

The film doesn't really introduce either Lamont Cranston or The Shadow, but seems to assume the audience knows them already. Editing and cinematography are pretty poor, as is the writing and acting. Cranston/The Shadow is surprisingly careless, doesn't laugh, doesn't say "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men...The Shadow knows," or "the weed of crime bears bitter fruit," and appears to lack "the power to cloud men's minds." He evidently has only one servant, not a whole network.

A subplot involving the mystery of Cranston's father's death is barely explored and seems an afterthought, despite the film's suggesting this may have been the reason for the genesis of The Shadow.

Still, it's sort of fun.

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