The Shadow is a 1933 British mystery film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan and Felix Aylmer.

[2] The Shadow (not the pulp character) buys secret letters and such and uses them for blackmail.

A police officer is killed by The Shadow before he can reveal his identity but the law knows that The Shadow is one of the numerous people in the house as he kills another to hide his identity, trying to get the clue back.

The key to the safe where the clue is hidden is stolen as the police close in on The Shadow.

Telephone wires are cut and lights are turned off allowing The Shadow to escape detection.