THE SHADOW! MOVIE COLLECTION ALL 6 MOVIES!

THE SHADOW! MOVIE COLLECTION ALL 6 MOVIES!

Pulp magazine hero (and radio star) The Shadow leaped to the silver screen to fight sinister villains in two very different Movie as well as a Movie Serial. All three representations make for interesting comparisons as they each present very different interpretations of The Shadow. Rod La Rocque portrays The Shadow as the persona of a radio broadcaster and newspaper journalist; he never dons the hat or cloak of The Shadow, although some of the other series elements are present. Victor Jory and Kane Richmond, the latter generally considered the best of the screen Shadows play the character much closer to the radio series and pulp magazine.

The Shadow Strikes (1937) starring Rod La Rocque - Synopsis : The Shadow impersonates a lawyer, trying to solve several murders. Low budget is overcome by puzzling plot and fairly interesting portrayal by La Rocque, but it never matches the radio or pulp magazine.

International Crime (1938) starring Rod La Rocque - Synopsis : The Shadow is tipped off about a robbery, but it's a diversion for international agents, who murder a financier to stop an international deal. Interesting story that strays a little too far from the Shadow's mythos.

The Shadow (1940) : 15 Chapter Columbia Serial starring Victor Jory - Synopsis : The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

The Shadow Returns (1946) starring Kane Richmond - Synopsis : People are literally flying off balconies to their deaths as Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, tries to make sense out of a confusing jumble of murders, disappearances, jewels that aren't jewels, hidden laboratories and secret formulas.

Behind The Mask (1946) starring Kane Richmond - Synopsis : Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont tries to discover his identity, but he is continually hampered from gaining crucial evidence by his jealous, interfering fiancée Margo Lane. Cranston perseveres and is rewarded with the clue he needs at one of Mann's victims' nightclubs.

The Missing Lady (1946) starring Kane Richmond - Synopsis : A jade statue, the "missing lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he investigates some facet of the case another suspect is killed.

BONUS: TV PLOT The Case Of The Cotton Kimono (1954) starring Tom Helmore

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