7.0
“With a cast of Broadway stars”
The Shadow Laughs (1933)
March 26, 19331h 4mEN
4.3
5 votes
Overview
The police investigate a bank robbery, and when they don't seem to be making much headway, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate it on his own.
Director
Arthur HoerlWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Trojan Pictures
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CinemaSerf
4.0When banks start being robbed, and sequential thousand dollar bills are left attached to the bodies of corpses - the local cops are quite effectively confused. Enter local newspaper man Hal Skelly ("Robin Dale") who takes up the cudgels to investigate. What could the motive possibly be for such profligacy? Well, Skelly (a sort of cross between Harold Lloyd and "Popeye") alongside an annoying, if pretty, Rose Hobart ("Ruth Hackett") are soon on the trail of our hooded scallywag (or ought that to be Skellywag?) and the suspense is palpable - when/if we are ever going to actually get a laugh; hel…
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