
Batman and Robin(1949)
This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.


“WRAPPED IN MYSTERY! LOADED WITH THRILLS!”
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Victor Jory
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow

Veda Ann Borg
Margo Lane

Roger Moore
Harry Vincent

Robert Fiske
Stanford Marshall
John Paul Jones
Mr. Turner (as J. Paul Jones)

Chuck Hamilton
Henchman Roberts

Edward Peil Sr.
Inspector Joe Cardona

Frank LaRue
Commissioner Ralph Weston

Philip Ahn
Wu Yung

Griff Barnett
Stephen Prescott
The Shadow is a action, crime, science fiction film released in 1940 exploring themes of movie serial, the shadow. Directed by James W. Horne, it stars Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Moore. The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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