The Missing Lady

The Missing Lady is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kane Richmond and Barbara Read. It was the third and final in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as The Shadow, the others being The Shadow Returns and Behind The Mask.^[1]

The Missing Lady
Directed by	Phil Karlson
Written by	George Callahan
Based on	The Shadow by Walter B. Gibson
Produced by	Joe Kaufman
Starring	Kane Richmond Barbara Read
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Ace Herman
Music by	Eddie Kay
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	August 17, 1946 (1946-08-17)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, investigates when an art dealer is murdered and his valuable jade statuette is stolen.

Cast

• Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow)
• Barbara Read as Margo Lane
• Pierre Watkin as Commissioner Weston
• Claire Carleton as Rose Dawson
• Garry Owen as Johnson

Reception

Critic Leonard Maltin wrote that of the three Monogram Shadow films released in 1946, The Missing Lady was "the best of the series, played like a straight film noir and offering a few surprise twists."^[2] Ron Backer wrote: "Although it is faint praise, The Missing Lady is the best of the Shadow movies [...]".^[3]