The Shadow

1933
1h 14m

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Elizabeth Allan and Henry Kendall in The Shadow (1933)

A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.

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At approximately 46:40, the boom mic casts a shadow on the back wall as Sir Bryant and Mrs. Bascomb pass each other at the foot of the staircase.

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Sir Edward Hulme KC: Must you torture me as well as blackmail me?

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A Dark And Foggy Night

The old cliché is 'a dark and stormy night', but here there is no storm - just fog. And old clichés are the order of the day in "The Shadow", a creaky antique that is really fun and absorbing in spite of itself. Motion pictures became far too sophisticated and technological for this one, unless you yearn for a time when movies, and life, were simpler.

The Shadow is one bad dude, a blackmailer Scotland Yard has been trying to nab for some time. He is responsible for some suicides and murders, and finally shows up at the home of the Chief Inspector, along with various and sundry guests and visitors (this, of course, creates a lot of suspects). This story was based on a play, and something must have been lost in the translation because, as reviewer dburroughs above states, there is very little logic and a great deal of contrivance involved.

Nevertheless, it is very enjoyable if you just go with it and don't ask questions. And Henry Kendall, who plays a silly-ass Englishman/friend of the family, is worth the price of admission.