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Crime didn't pay when this master detective stepped in!

5.4

1h 2m

1938

“Crime didn't pay when this master detective stepped in!”

Synopsis

The second and final Grand National Pictures film to feature The Shadow, played again by Rod La Rocque. In this version, Lamont Cranston is an amateur detective and host of a radio show with his assistant Phoebe (not Margo) Lane. Cabbie Moe Shrevnitz and Commissioner Weston also appear.

Director

Charles Lamont

MysteryCrimeScience Fiction

safecrackerthe shadow

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Cast & Crew

Rod La Rocque

Rod La Rocque

as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow

Astrid Allwyn

Astrid Allwyn

as Phoebe Lane

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

as Commisioner Weston

Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

as Heath

Lew Hearn

as Moe

Wilhelm von Brincken

Wilhelm von Brincken

as Flotow

Tenen Holtz

Tenen Holtz

as Starkhov

William Pawley

William Pawley

as Honest John

Peter Potter

as Burke

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