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Invisible Avenger
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Wikipedia article
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Eric Sayers (producer)
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'Invisible Avenger' is a 1958 film noir crime film directed by James Wong Howe, Ben Parker and John Sledge. The film was a compilation of two pilot episodes of a 1957 Republic Picturesp. 128 'Radio Daily-Television Daily' Volume 78 TV show called 'The Shadow'. When the show failed to sell, the episodes (one of which was directed by cinematographer James Wong Howe) were edited together and released as a theatrical feature called 'Invisible Avenger'.
The film was re-released in 1962 under the title 'Bourbon Street Shadows' by the Louisiana-based MPA films. The episodes were shot on location in New Orleans.
Plot summary
Pablo Ramirez is an expatriate from the Caribbean nation of Santa Cruz that is under control of a military dictator called the Generalissimo. From New Orleans, Ramirez plots a revolution and his return to Santa Cruz. To assist in this and to protect him from the Santa Cruz secret police who are in New Orleans he seeks the help of Lamont Cranston through a mutual friend, jazz trumpeter Tony Alcade. In the midst of a telephone call to Cranston, Tony is murdered by the secret police.
Cranston and his metaphysical mentor Jogendra come to New Orleans to bring Tony's murderers to justice and freedom to Santa Cruz.
Though no one knows the identity of the crime fighting trouble shooter The Shadow who has telepathic powers, everyone knows that he can be contacted for help through Lamont Cranston. As Cranston protects Pablo from secret police assassination and kidnapping attempts, the Generalissimo broadcasts the execution of Pablo's twin brother that is shown on television in the United States in a scheme to draw Pablo into the open.
Cast
*Richard Derr as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow
* Mark Daniels as Jogendra
*Helen Westcott as Tara O'Neill
* Jack Donner as Billy Sanchez
* Jeanne Neher as Felicia Ramirez
* Steve Dano as Tony Alcalde
* Dan Mullin as Pablo Ramirez / Victor Ramirez
* Leo Bruno as Ramon "Rocco" Martinez
* Lee Edwards as The Colonel
* Sam Page as Charlie, airport thug
Notes
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