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The Vanishing Shadow

The Vanishing Shadow

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The Vanishing Shadow

1934

4h 2m

7.1(4 votes)

Science Fiction

Action

Overview

A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'

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Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Onslow Stevens

Onslow Stevens

Stanley Stanfield

Ada Ince

Ada Ince

Gloria Barnett

Walter Miller

Walter Miller

Wade Barnett

James Durkin

James Durkin

Prof. Carl Van Dorn

Richard Cramer

Richard Cramer

Dorgan

William Desmond

William Desmond

MacDonald

J. Frank Glendon

J. Frank Glendon

John Cadwell

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Denny

Monte Montague

Monte Montague

Badger

Edmund Cobb

Edmund Cobb

Kent

Creative team

Directed by: Lew Landers
Written by: Ella O'Neill
Basil Dickey
Produced by: Henry MacRae

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