The Missing Lady
Directed byPhil Karlson
Written byGeorge Callahan
Based onThe Shadow
by Walter B. Gibson
Produced byJoe Kaufman
StarringKane Richmond
Barbara Read
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byAce Herman
Music byEddie Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • August 17, 1946 (1946-08-17)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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Films directed by Phil Karlson
The Shadow
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