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2 December 1958 (USA) moreTagline:
Shuddering thrills... as the Shadow Man strikes!Plot:
Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Margo Lane: you are needed! moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Richard Derr | ... | Lamont Cranston |
| Mark Daniels | ... | Jogendra |
| Helen Westcott | ... | Tara O'Neill |
| Jack Doner | ... | Billy Sanchez |
| Jeanne Neher | ... | Felicia Ramirez |
| Steve Dano | ... | Tony Alcalde |
| Dan Mullin | ... | Pablo Ramirez / Victor Ramirez |
| Leo Bruno | ... | Ramon 'Rocco' Martinez |
| Lee Edwards | ... | The Colonel |
| Sam Page | ... | Charlie, airport thug |
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Until the Alec Baldwin film The Shadow (1994), this served as the only Shadow film in which he could turn invisible (a power he had on radio but not in the pulps). moreFAQ
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This 57 minute film is of some historical interest, especially to collectors of films based on comic book characters. The plot is only mildly interesting and certainly not very original, the acting wooden, the production values low budget. In fact, I began to wonder if this was an early made-for-television effort rather than a film for cinemas.
At any rate, it does not follow the original concept except for Lamont Cranston's ability to "cloud men's minds" so that he seems to disappear. He does not don the familiar broad-brimmed hat and cape (although it is shown on the cover drawing), nor does he consort with Margo Lane, "the only person to know the Shadow's true identity." Instead he is in the constant company of a certain gentleman named Jogendra, who is trying to discipline him in the Oriental art of they are practising.
But all this aside, it is really a lot of fun in its own way because of its defects and a good example of how Hollywood had no respect for its sources. I have sought in the recent and in back copies of Maltin for some mention of this item, but it seems to have been forgotten by all except Video Yesterday--for which I thank them.