The Shadow (1954 TV Pilot)

The Case of the Cotton Kimona
Film information
Director(s)	Charles F. Haas
Producer(s)	Nathan Kroll
Writer(s)	Peter Barry Screenplay:
Starring	Tom Helmore Paula Raymond Frank M. Thomas
Release date(s)	1954 (USA)
Running time	25 min
Preceded by	The Missing Lady (1946 Movie)
Followed by	Invisible Avenger (1958 Movie)

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Synopsis

This is where it all began: The Case of the Cotton Kimona

Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation.

Full Cast

• Tom Helmore as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow
• Paula Raymond as Margot Lane
• Frank M. Thomas as Commissioner Weston
• Alexander Scourby
• Norman Shelly
• William Smithers
• Leona Powers
• Peggy Lobbin

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Notes and References

• Writer Peter Barry wrote several of The Shadow Radio Show scripts, beginning in 1941, and his last one was aired on April 15, 1954, only a few months prior to this TV script.
• The Shadow TV pilot failed from the beginning and was never aired, nor a TV-series ever followed.

External links

• The Case of the Cotton Kimona at the Internet Movie Database