
The Shadow
TV Movie · Adventure
Overview
Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.
Top Cast


Tom Helmore
Tom Helmore
Lamont Cranston
Tom Helmore
Lamont Cranston


Paula Raymond
Paula Raymond
Margot Lane
Paula Raymond
Margot Lane


Frank M. Thomas
Frank M. Thomas
Commissioner Weston
Frank M. Thomas
Commissioner Weston


Alexander Scourby
Alexander Scourby
Rollo Grimbauer
Alexander Scourby
Rollo Grimbauer
Norman Shelly
Norman Shelly
Detective Harris
Norman Shelly
Detective Harris


William Smithers
William Smithers
Alex Bromm
William Smithers
Alex Bromm
Leona Powers
Leona Powers
The Landlady
Leona Powers
The Landlady
Peggy Lobbin
Peggy Lobbin
Cissy Chadwick
Peggy Lobbin
Cissy Chadwick
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