Behind The Mask | |
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Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Written by |
Arthur Hoerl George Callahan Walter B. Gibson |
Produced by | Joe Kaufmann |
Starring |
Kane Richmond Barbara Read Dorothea Kent |
Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
Edited by | Ace Herman |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Behind The Mask is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Phil Karlson [1] and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler and Dorothea Kent. It was the second in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as the crimefighter The Shadow, [2] the others being The Shadow Returns and The Missing Lady. [3]
Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, has to clear his name of the murder of a blackmailing newspaper reporter by solving the crime himself.
Film historian Larry Langman dismissed Behind the Mask as a "feeble entry in the Shadow mystery series". [4] Critic Leonard Maltin gave the film a mixed review, describing it as a "decent low-budget whodunit" with "some nice visual touches but way too much 'comedy' relief." [5]
Behind The Mask | |
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![]() | |
Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Written by |
Arthur Hoerl George Callahan Walter B. Gibson |
Produced by | Joe Kaufmann |
Starring |
Kane Richmond Barbara Read Dorothea Kent |
Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
Edited by | Ace Herman |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Behind The Mask is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Phil Karlson [1] and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler and Dorothea Kent. It was the second in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as the crimefighter The Shadow, [2] the others being The Shadow Returns and The Missing Lady. [3]
Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, has to clear his name of the murder of a blackmailing newspaper reporter by solving the crime himself.
Film historian Larry Langman dismissed Behind the Mask as a "feeble entry in the Shadow mystery series". [4] Critic Leonard Maltin gave the film a mixed review, describing it as a "decent low-budget whodunit" with "some nice visual touches but way too much 'comedy' relief." [5]