The Shadow Laughs
With a cast of Broadway stars
1933 | 64m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Hoerl |
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| Writer: | Arthur Hoerl |
| Staring: |
| The police investigate a bank robbery, and when they don't seem to be making much headway, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate it on his own. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 26, 1933 |
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| Director: | Arthur Hoerl |
| Writer: | Arthur Hoerl |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery |
| Keywords | reporter, bank robbery |
| Production Companies | Trojan Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Hal Skelly | Robin Dale |
| Rose Hobart | Ruth Hackett |
| Harry T. Morey | Capt. Morgan |
| Harry Short | Clymer |
| John F. Morrissey | Sgt. Owens |
| Geoffrey Bryant | Ryan |
| Walter Fenner | Tennant |
| Robert Keith | George Hackett |
| Bram Nossen | Jack Bradshaw |
| Cesar Romero | Tony Rico |
| Name | Job |
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| Arthur Hoerl | Writer, Director |
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Trending Position
When banks start being robbed, and sequential thousand dollar bills are left attached to the bodies of corpses - the local cops are quite effectively confused. Enter local newspaper man Hal Skelly ("Robin Dale") who takes up the cudgels to investigate. What could the motive possibly be for such prof ... ligacy? Well, Skelly (a sort of cross between Harold Lloyd and "Popeye") alongside an annoying, if pretty, Rose Hobart ("Ruth Hackett") are soon on the trail of our hooded scallywag (or ought that to be Skellywag?) and the suspense is palpable - when/if we are ever going to actually get a laugh; hell I'd have settled for a smile, a smirk - but no, just grimaces - lots and lots of grimaces. The banter is certainly fast paced, but at times it is barely audible, unfunny and left me desperate for the thing to end. Cesar Romero cut his teeth on this nonsense, otherwise it would be entirely irredeemable. Luckily for us, he persevered - something I can't say I'd recommend anyone else does with this.