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RUNTIME
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Tight 17-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Sealed Lips
"A SHADOW DETECTIVE STORY"
1931 0h 17m EN
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Synopsis
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The Shadow's third movie short, an adaptation from a Donald Van Riper story, "Dying Lips," which appeared in an issue of Detective Story Magazine.
“A SHADOW DETECTIVE STORY”
Cast
Frank Readick
The Shadow (voice)
Josephine Dunn
E.H. Calvert
Walter Miller
Willard Hall
Joseph W. Girard
Carl Miller
Stanwyck
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kurt Neumann
- Writers
- Donald Van Riper, Samuel Freedman
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Kurt Neumann directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 17-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 295 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Frank Readick and Josephine Dunn and E.H. Calvert carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "A SHADOW DETECTIVE STORY".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0134085 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 17 min · 0h 17m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- MPAA
- Passed
Also by
Kurt Neumann
Production companies
Who made it
- BR
Bryan Foy Productions
US
Universal Pictures
US
Key crew
- ProducerStanley Bergerman
- PresenterCarl Laemmle
- Executive ProducerBryan Foy
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- the shadow
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1931-11-11
Also known as
International titles
- The Shadow: Sealed LipsUS
- Dying LipsUS
- The Shadow #3: Sealed LipsUS
- AlibiUS
- Lèvres scelléesFR
