Movie From the Past - The Shadow Strikes - 1937

The Shadow Strikes is a 1937 black and white American film based on the story Ghost of the Manor written by Walter B. Gibson under the pen name Maxwell Grant[1][2] The Shadow was featured on a popular radio show and also as a pulp magazine crime fighter.

The film was directed by Lynn Shores and stars Rod La Rocque[3] as Lamont Cranston, The Shadow. (The cast list at the beginning and a newspaper article toward the end of the film spell his surname Granston).[4] This film is the first that features the character known as The Shadow, both this film and its sequel, International Crime, were produced by Colony Pictures and released by Grand National Pictures. The film was released on October 29, 1937.[4]