A Burglar to the Rescue

1931 ""THE SHADOW" DETECTIVE STORIES"
6.3| 0h18m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 07 September 1931 Released
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He is working on the books to cover his crimes, when a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues, it is revealed that the visitor is an escaped convict that was a former employee of the bank. He was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series, there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.

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George Cochrane

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Alicia I love this movie so much
Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
busterggi This is one of the few remaining shorts done in 1931 that feature The Shadow just as he was appearing on radio at the time. The Shadow does not participate in the story but appears at the beginning, several times during and at the end of the film when he does his sardonic narration and commentary. Sinister Cinema has this and 2 other Shadow shorts on a DVD which is visually & audibly excellent. Frank Readick is uncredited but his voice is unmistakable and his appearance matches that used in the promo photograph that was given away by the radio show at the time - it is a bit startling to see The Shadow wearing a domino mask & mustache but his appearance in the pulps hadn't yet settled either.If you're a true Shadow fan you have to get this DVD.