The Missing Lady

1946 film by Phil Karlson
  • August 17, 1946 (1946-08-17)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Missing Lady is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kane Richmond and Barbara Read. It was the third and final in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as The Shadow, the others being The Shadow Returns and Behind The Mask.[1]

Plot

Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, investigates when an art dealer is murdered and his valuable jade statuette is stolen.

Cast

  • Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow)
  • Barbara Read as Margo Lane
  • Pierre Watkin as Commissioner Weston
  • Claire Carleton as Rose Dawson
  • Garry Owen as Johnson

Reception

Critic Leonard Maltin wrote that of the three Monogram Shadow films released in 1946, The Missing Lady was "the best of the series, played like a straight film noir and offering a few surprise twists."[2]

References

  1. ^ Okuda, Ted (1999). The Monogram checklist: the films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 220. ISBN 0786407506.
  2. ^ Maltin, Leonard, ed. (2005). Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide. New York: Plume. ISBN 0452286204.

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Games
  • Unreleased video game
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Music
"Original Sin" (Taylor Dayne song)


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