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Shadow Film Shorts 1931 (DVD)
Burglar to the Rescue
Film information
Director(s)

George Cochrane

Producer(s)

Stanley Bergerman

Writer(s)
  • Story: Herman Landon
  • Screenplay: George Cochrane
Starring
  • Thurston Hall
  • Charlotte Wynters
  • Frank Shannon
  • Arthur Aylesworth
Release date(s)

September 7, 1931 (USA)

Running time

18 min

Preceded by

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Followed by

Trapped (1931 Movie)

Synopsis[]

A bank president is embezzling from his own bank. He is later confronted by an escaped convict who was once a former employee of the bank. It is revealed he was framed and sent to prison by his crooked boss.

Plot[]

Full Cast[]

Home Video or DVD Release Dates[]

DVD Release Date:

Notes and References[]

  • The Shadow's first movie short was adapted from a Herman Landon story of the same title, which appeared in the November 1, 1930 issue of Detective Story Magazine.
  • The Shadow does not participate in the actual story.
  • Frank Readick is uncredited as The Shadow's voice, but he does the narration and commentary, as he did in the original radio show.

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