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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Frank Readick
The Shadow (voice)
Harriet Lorraine
Walter Miller
Walter McGrail
Norman Stuart
Ernie Adams
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kurt Neumann
- Writers
- Ronald Everson
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Kurt Neumann directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 294 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Frank Readick and Harriet Lorraine and Walter Miller carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "A SHADOW DETECTIVE STORY".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0420114 — 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
- 15 min · 0h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Kurt Neumann
Production companies
Who made it
- BR
Bryan Foy Productions
US
Universal Pictures
US
Key crew
- Executive ProducerBryan Foy
- AdaptationFrank Bowers
- PresenterCarl Laemmle
- ProducerStanley Bergerman
- Production SupervisorSamuel Freedman
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- the shadow
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1932-01-20
Also known as
International titles
- The Shadow: The Red ShadowUS
- The Shadow #5: The Red ShadowUS
