Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
Género : Suspense, Crimen, Misterio, Acción
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 3M
Director : Norman Foster
Escritor : Lou Breslow, John Patrick
Sinopsis
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
Basado en un cómic de los años 30. "La Sombra" es un misterioso personaje que posee la facultad de hacerse invisible. Cuando no se encuentra combatiendo el mal, "La Sombra" toma la personalidad de Lamont Cranston, un playboy millonario. En esta aventura, "La Sombra" va a enfrentarse al despiadado Shiwan Khan, descendiente del terrible Genghis Khan. Khan y a su secuaz Claymore, que planean hacerse con el control de una poderosa y mortífera arma, creada por el profesor Reinhardt Lane.
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