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The Shadow
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.
1994 · Directed by Russell Mulcahy · 108 min · Fantasy · Action · Crime · Adventure · 10 frames
Tagline
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Crew
- Screenplay: David Koepp
- Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
- Edited by: Peter Honess, Beth Jochem Besterveld
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Joseph C. Nemec III
- Produced by: Martin Bregman, Willi Bär, Michael Bregman
Cast
- Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
- John Lone as Shiwan Khan
- Penelope Ann Miller as Margo Lane
- Peter Boyle as Moe Shrevnitz
- Ian McKellen as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
- Tim Curry as Farley Claymore
- Jonathan Winters as Wainwright Barth
- Sab Shimono as Dr. Roy Tam
- Brady Tsurutani as Tulku
- James Hong as Li Peng
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Bregman/Baer Productions, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $40,000,000
- Box office: $48,063,465
- Themes: new york city, atomic bomb, superhero, ladykiller, hypnosis, based on comic, radio series, invisibility, the shadow, neo-noir
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