4.7 Score

1994 • 1h 48min • PG-13 • Action, Crime, Fantasy

The Shadow

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

IMDb 6.1

RT 34%

MC 50

Director

Russell Mulcahy

Writer

David Koepp

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Alec Baldwin

Lamont Cranston / The Shadow

John Lone

Shiwan Khan

Penelope Ann Miller

Margo Lane

Peter Boyle

Moe Shrevnitz

Ian McKellen

Dr. Reinhardt Lane

Tim Curry

Farley Claymore

Jonathan Winters

Wainwright Barth

Sab Shimono

Dr. Roy Tam

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