The read
It runs a compact 18m.
Synopsis
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
Ratings
TMDB7.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis SeilerDirector
- Harold TarshisScreenplay
Cast
- Sally BlaneMaisie
- Russell HoptonBilly Dooley
- Paul NicholsonMonaghan
- William HalliganDetective Hickey
- Polly Ann YoungIrene Duval
- Neely EdwardsTony
- Allan ForrestThe Hypnotist
- Martin FaustYarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)
- David Leo TillotsonBobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)
- John GeorgeRoustabout (uncredited)
- Frank ReadickThe Shadow (voice)
Stills
Themes
short film