The Shadow Strikes

Regissert av Lynn Shores

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29. oktober 1937 62mMystery, Crime,

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Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston takes on an impersonation of the attorney.

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Rod La RocqueLamont Cranston / The Shadow
Agnes AndersonMarcia Delthern
James BlakeleyJasper Delthern
Walter McGrailWinstead Comstock
William KelloggHumphrey Comstock
Cy KendallBrossett
Kenneth HarlanCaptain Breen
Norman AinsleyHendricks
John St. PolisCaleb Delthern
Wilson BengeWellington
John CarnivaleWarren Berranger
James C. MortonKelly
John DilsonBill Gordan
John ElliottChester Randall
Harry HarveyReporter #1
Lew HicksCop
Jack IngramRed Hogan
Bob ReevesPolice Officer
Blackie WhitefordGunman
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Richard19. oktober 2025
This was the first cinematic take on The Shadow, long before capes were cool and vigilantes had million dollar budgets. It’s a relic from the golden age of pulp and watching it now feels like peeking into the blueprint of what superhero cinema could’ve been. Rod La Rocque plays Lamont Cranston, suave and mysterious, slipping into his Shadow persona to foil a robbery and impersonate an attorney. It’s low budget noir with a dash of masked justice, more trench coat than superpowers. The pacing is brisk, the dialogue clipped and the mystery unfolds with all the charm of a radio serial brought to life. No gadgets, no psychic powers, just deduction, disguise and a voice that commands attention. It’s something different for its time. Before Batman, before Bond, before Marvel and DC, The Shadow was already clouding minds and cracking cases. I liked it for what it represents: the roots of pulp heroes, the mood of pre-war crime thrillers and the simplicity of justice served in black and whiteor a colorized version. It’s the kind of movie that made adult years feel historically curious, culturally nostalgic and quietly impressed, with trench coats, courtroom tricks and a vigilante who didn’t need a cape to cast a long shadow.

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