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RUNTIME
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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Shadow Returns
"HIS GUNS SPEAK A SONG OF DEATH!"
1946 1h 1m EN
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5.8
MID
★5.8TMDB · 11
MysteryScience Fiction
Synopsis
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The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.
“HIS GUNS SPEAK A SONG OF DEATH!”
Cast
Kane Richmond
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
Barbara Read
Margo Lane
Tom Dugan
Shrevvy
Joseph Crehan
Police Insp. Cardona
Pierre Watkin
Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
Robert Emmett Keane
Charles Frobay
Frank Reicher
Michael Hasdon
Rebel Randall
Lenore Jessup
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Phil Rosen
- Writers
- George Callahan
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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80 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "The Shadow Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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ERA
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Kane Richmond and Barbara Read and Tom Dugan carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "HIS GUNS SPEAK A SONG OF DEATH!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0038926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Phil Rosen directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Part of the "The Shadow Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Kane Richmond and Barbara Read and Tom Dugan carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "HIS GUNS SPEAK A SONG OF DEATH!".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0038926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 61 min · 1h 1m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Part of
The Shadow Collection
The Shadow is a super hero. Who like many super heroes fights crime in New York City. Behind the mask of The Shadow is a young wealthy man known as Lamont Cranston, also known as Kent Allard.
Also by
Phil Rosen
Production companies
Who made it
- MO
Monogram Pictures
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- the shadow
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1946-02-16
