International Crime
Crime didn't pay when this master detective stepped in!
1938 | 62m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Charles Lamont |
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| Writer: | Jack Natteford, Theodore S. Tinsley |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 23, 1938 |
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| Director: | Charles Lamont |
| Writer: | Jack Natteford, Theodore S. Tinsley |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | safecracker, the shadow |
| Production Companies | Grand National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rod La Rocque | Lamont Cranston / The Shadow |
| Astrid Allwyn | Phoebe Lane |
| Thomas E. Jackson | Commisioner Weston |
| Oscar O'Shea | Heath |
| Lew Hearn | Moe |
| Wilhelm von Brincken | Flotow |
| Tenen Holtz | Starkhov |
| William Pawley | Honest John |
| Peter Potter | Burke |
| John St. Polis | Roger Morton |
| Nick Stewart | Bootblack |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Natteford | Screenplay |
| Theodore S. Tinsley | Story |
| Harold Lewis | Production Manager |
| Charles Lamont | Director |
| Marcel Le Picard | Cinematography |
| Charles Henkel Jr. | Editor |
| Henry Spitz | Assistant Director |
| Ralph Berger | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alfred Stern | Associate Producer |
| Max Alexander | Producer |
| Arthur Alexander | Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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