Behind the Mask (1946 film)

Behind The Mask
Behind The Mask
Directed by	Phil Karlson
Starring	Kane Richmond ; Barbara Read
Production; company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	May 25, 1946;
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 and Barbara Read. 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]

Synopsis[]

Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, has to clear his name of the murder of a blackmailing newspaper reporter by solving the crime himself.

Cast[]

Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow)
Barbara Read as Margo Lane
George Chandler as Shrevvie
Dorothea Kent as Jennie Delaney
Joseph Crehan as Police Inspector Cardonna
Pierre Watkin as Police Commissioner Weston
Robert Shayne as Brad Thomas
June Clyde as Edith Merrill
James Cardwell as Jeff Marin
Marjorie Hoshelle as Mae Bishop
Joyce Compton as Lulu

Reception[]

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]

References[]

^ Mayer, Geoff (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0810867697.
^ Erickson, Hal (2014). From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood films featuring broadcast personalities and programs. McFarland. pp. 108–109. ISBN 9781476615585.
^ Okuda, Ted (1999). The Monogram checklist: the films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 213. ISBN 0786407506.
^ Langman, Larry (1998). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. McFarland. p. 33. ISBN 147660925X.
^ Leonard, Maltin, ed. (2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965. Penguin. ISBN 9780698197299.

External links[]

Behind the Mask at IMDb
Behind the Mask at the American Film Institute Catalog
Behind the Mask at AllMovie

[1] Mayer, Geoff (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0810867697.

[2] Erickson, Hal (2014). From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood films featuring broadcast personalities and programs. McFarland. pp. 108–109. ISBN 9781476615585.

[3] Okuda, Ted (1999). The Monogram checklist: the films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 213. ISBN 0786407506.

[4] Langman, Larry (1998). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. McFarland. p. 33. ISBN 147660925X.

[5] Leonard, Maltin, ed. (2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965. Penguin. ISBN 9780698197299.

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v t The Shadow
Stories Episodes Margo Lane
Key novels	The Living Shadow (1931) The Golden Master (1939)
Films	The Shadow Strikes (1937) International Crime (1938) The Shadow (serial) (1940) The Shadow Returns (1946) Behind the Mask (1946) The Missing Lady (1946) Invisible Avenger (1958) The Shadow (1994)
Games	Unreleased video game Pinball
Music	"Original Sin" (Taylor Dayne song)