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Unlike any of the movies before it, the newest Shadow movie combines elements from all of the previous forms that The Shadow has taken. A little bit of the character is taken from each medium, both on paper and through the radio. The Shadow character that is presented in this movie has a set identity: that of Lamont Cranston. Like the radio version of The Shadow, he has the power to "cloud men's minds" (which he learned from a Tibetan mystic called The Tulku), and he is accompanied and aided by Margo Lane. The movie gives Margo a reason for working with The Shadow, however, instead of just placing her in the story without any cause. There are also elements of the stories in this Shadow character. Unlike the radio or the previous movie versions, this shadow wields the two silver .45 automatics, works with his network of agents (including the reclusive character of Burbank), and wears the trademark black cloak and slouch hat. Of course, no Shadow would be complete without the taunting laugh. The movie even manages to incorporate some of the radio show's signature lines, such as "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" and "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit." However, some of these are placed in the script so that they sound as if they were put there just because the script writer was pressured to put them in somewhere. The Shadow really has no reason to say them when he does, except to scare the living daylights out of the gangsters. My favorite line from the entire movie is "I'll be there, around every corner, in every empty room, as inevitable as your guilty conscience." Movie Sound Gallery
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