Image: Justin Langley (Sunnyheadcase), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Shadow is a 1994 American superhero film from Universal Pictures, produced by Martin Bregman, Willi Bear, and Michael Scott Bregman, and directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Alec Baldwin, supported by John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Winters, and Tim Curry. The film is based on the pulp fiction character of the same name created in 1931 by Walter B.
The setup: Following the First World War, Lamont Cranston sets himself up as a opium drug kingpin and warlord in Tibet. The Tulku, a mysterious holy man who exhibits psychic abilities, abducts Cranston and offers him a chance to become a force for good. Cranston initially refuses and is attacked by the Tulku's Phurba, a mystical flying dagger after Cranston tries to steal it.
- Release
- 1994
- Director
- Russell Mulcahy
- Starring
- Jonathan Winters, Ian McKellen, John Kapelos, Tim Curry, Alec Baldwin, Peter Boyle
- Genre
- Mystery, Superhero, Neo-noir, Action
- Runtime
- 108 min
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