Behind the Mask (1946 film)

Behind The Mask is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler and Dorothea Kent. It was the second in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as the crimefighter The Shadow, the others being The Shadow Returns and The Missing Lady.

Plot
Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, has to clear his name of the murder of a blackmailing newspaper reporter by solving the crime himself.

Cast

 * Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow)
 * Barbara Read as Margo Lane
 * George Chandler as Shrevvie
 * Dorothea Kent as Jennie Delaney
 * Joseph Crehan as Police Inspector Cardonna
 * Pierre Watkin as Police Commissioner Weston
 * Robert Shayne as Brad Thomas
 * June Clyde as Edith Merrill
 * James Cardwell as Jeff Marin
 * Marjorie Hoshelle as Mae Bishop
 * Joyce Compton as Lulu

Reception
Film historian Larry Langman dismissed Behind the Mask as a "feeble entry in the Shadow mystery series". Critic Leonard Maltin gave the film a mixed review, describing it as a "decent low-budget whodunit" with "some nice visual touches but way too much 'comedy' relief."