Battles in the Shadow (Italian: Lotte nell'ombra) is a 1938 Italian spy thriller film directed by Domenico Gambino and starring Antonio Centa, Dria Paola and Paola Barbara.

[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti.

A group of foreign agents steal a formula for a new explosive, then kidnap the scientist's secretary to try and force her to decode the blueprints.

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