International Crime (1938 film)

International Crime is a 1938 American film featuring a loose version of The Shadow directed by Charles Lamont starring Rod La Rocque and Astrid Allwyn.

While Flotow and Starkov are waiting for Cranston to join them for lunch, Cranston breaks into Flotows apartment and discovers Phoebe has already done the same. Cranston answers Flotows phone Mortons butler, believing him to be Flotow, tells him there is a meeting at the Morton home that afternoon. Flotow and Starkov return and attempt to detain Cranston and Pheobe. Moe, Cranstons driver, rescues them by flashing his gun, which is really a cigarette case. After they leave, Mortons butler calls back and Flotow knows he is suspected.Cranston finishes a newspaper column designed to bait Flotow. As he leaves to act on the intercepted butlers call, Cranston is forced into Moes cab at gun point by Honest John. Cranston gets the upper hand by using Moes gun. After John confesses that he only came back to town to get a fresh start, Cranston reveals the fake gun and forgives the kidnapping. Commissioner Weston is angered by Cranstons column and sends a man to arrest Cranston for withholding information from the police. The policeman gets a tip that Cranston is going to Mortons house. ........

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