The Shadow Returns
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Country United States | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Phil RosenWilliam Beaudine (uncredited) Release date February 16, 1946 (1946-02-16) Writer George Callahan (original screenplay) Cast (Lamont Cranston), (Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)), Tom Dugan (Shrevvy), (Police Insp. Cardona), (Police Commissioner J.R. Weston), (Charles Frobay)Similar movies , International Crime , The Invisible Avenger , , , The Shadow Tagline HIS GUNS SPEAK A SONG OF DEATH! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Shadow Returns is a 1946 American comedy crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read and Tom Dugan. It features the pulp character The Shadow, already a popular hero of novels and a radio show. It was the first in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond in the role.
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Premise
Private detective Lamont Cranston steps in to solve a murder for the police with the assistance of his alter ego The Shadow.
Cast
Reception
The New York Times called The Shadow Returns "the first of three above-average Monogram features" but that the character Margo Lane, an intelligent and resourceful character on the radio series, was portrayed as a "blithering idiot" and that Margo came off "far stupider than the film's official comedy relief, Cranston's chauffeur Shrevvie". The Shadow Returns was thought to be "an entertaining mystery" and the disappearing gimmick considered "handled with subtlety and inventiveness" by director Phil Rosen.
Sequels
The film was followed by two sequels, Behind the Mask (1946) and The Missing Lady (1946), with Kane Richmond and Barbara Read reprising their roles.
References
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