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International Crime

International Crime

Crime didn't pay when this master detective stepped in!

Part of The Shadow Collection

1938•1h 2m•5.5/10
MysteryCrimeScience Fiction

Ratings

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5.5/10(14)

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.

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Production

Grand National Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Rod La Rocque

Rod La Rocque

Lamont Cranston / The Shadow

Astrid Allwyn

Astrid Allwyn

Phoebe Lane

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Commisioner Weston

Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Heath

Lew Hearn

Moe

Wilhelm von Brincken

Wilhelm von Brincken

Flotow

Tenen Holtz

Tenen Holtz

Starkhov

William Pawley

William Pawley

Honest John

Peter Potter

Burke

John St. Polis

John St. Polis

Roger Morton

Nick Stewart

Nick Stewart

Bootblack

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