''Shadow of Terror'' is a 1945 American
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
directed by
Lew Landers and written by
Arthur St. Claire
Arthur Frederic St. Claire Evens (born July 20, 1899, New York, died October 18, 1950, Los Angeles, age 51) was a screenwriter who wrote the script for the Frank Buck adventure thriller ''Tiger Fangs''.
Early years
Arthur Frederic St. Claire ...
. The film stars
Richard Fraser, Grace Albertson,
Cy Kendall,
Emmett Lynn
Emmett Earl Lynn (February 14, 1897 – October 20, 1958) was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Early life
Lynn was born in Muscatine, Iowa. When he was nine years old, Lynn became a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. From that ...
,
Kenneth MacDonald and
Eddie Acuff. The film was released on October 5, 1945, by
Producers Releasing Corporation
Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoestr ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Richard Fraser as Jim aka Howard Norton
*Grace Albertson as Joan Rutledge
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Cy Kendall as Victor Maxwell
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Emmett Lynn
Emmett Earl Lynn (February 14, 1897 – October 20, 1958) was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Early life
Lynn was born in Muscatine, Iowa. When he was nine years old, Lynn became a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. From that ...
as Elmer
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Kenneth MacDonald as McKenzie
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Eddie Acuff as Joe Walters
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Sam Flint as Sheriff Dixon
References
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1945 films
American thriller films
1940s thriller films
Producers Releasing Corporation films
Films directed by Lew Landers
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Karl Hajos
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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