The Shadow

Name: The Shadow
Genre: Adventure
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Tom Helmore, Paula Raymond, Frank M. Thomas

TV Movie
1954
Not Rated
25m

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5.7/10

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Adventure

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 ... Read allLamont 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... Read allLamont 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, ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

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Trivia
In the Philippines, women's kimonos are called kimonas, because the "o" suffix denotes the male gender and the "a" suffix denotes the female gender. So, if Miss Chadwick's robe is Philippine in origin, then it is a kimona. The consistency of the word kimona in titles, dialogue and props implies that all key people involved in the production of this short play were certain that Miss Chadwick's robe was a Philippine kimona.

Goofs
The newspaper headline describing the Cissy Chadwick's murder misspells "Kimono" as "Kimona".

Quotes
[last lines]
The Shadow: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!

Connections
Featured in Classic Sci-Fi TV: 150 Episodes (2009)

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3/10

I think I see why this one was not picked up...

Lamont Cranston and his girlfriend, Margot, are not sure that the police have the right man when Detective Harris arrests the murdered woman's boyfriend for the crime. Eventually, they solve the case and all is well with the world.

Although there have been pulp, movie, radio and television versions of The Shadow, this early TV pilot was never picked up by any of the networks...and after viewing it on YouTube, I think I can see why. The show is very dull, a bit static and the leading characters amazingly uninteresting. This should NOT be the case, as Lamont Cranston (the Shadow) should have had a much more interesting and almost hypnotic voice since he supposedly has great mental powers*. Instead, you've got uninteresting Tom Helmore playing the great crime fighter...a bit of a letdown.

*One of the radio actors who played The Shadow was Orson Welles and his melodious voice was PERFECT for the character.