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A multifaceted mystery full of shocking twists and turns, this is one of the earliest onscreen appearances of the detective figure known as "The Shadow." The story follows Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), an amateur criminologist and detective who gets tangled up in a web of deception and danger when he sets out to capture an infamous safe cracker. A wildly popular print and radio character birthed in pulp novels of the 1930s, The Shadow left such an enduring impression on the American public that he spawned a film adaptation starring Alec Baldwin more than 60 years after the character's genesis.
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International Crime (1938)
62 min
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.