History Film / TheShadow

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Shiwan is "the last descendant of Genghis Khan." Genghis Khan has ''millions'' of living descendants.
** He's also a few Ming vases short of a dynasty.

* FakeAmerican: TimCurry as Farley Claymore.

* FridgeLogic: If Bronzium is believed to be a legend, how does Dr. Tam know exactly how to test for it, what it is capable of, and what would be needed to build an atomic bomb with it?

* MythologyGag: Shiwan asking where Lamont got his tie is a spoof of the product placement used in the radio show.

* PropRecycling: The Phurba is the same knife from TheGoldenChild.
** Replicas of the Phurba have been made as tie-ins to ''The Shadow.''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The shooting script had a longer chase scene in the HallOfMirrors, including flashbacks and banter. However, an earthquake destroyed some of the mirrors, making the full scene too expensive.
** SamRaimi wanted to follow up ''EvilDead II'' with this but was unable to get the rights. Instead, he directed ''{{Darkman}}'', using some of the ideas he had for his version of the story.

** SamRaimi wanted to follow up ''EvilDead II'' with this but was unable to get the rights. Instead, he directed ''{Darkman}'', using some of the ideas he had for his version of the story.

* [[{{ptitlezbs18uz6sqww}} Hey, It's That Guy]]: [[{{Ptitleolsdue4jfzga}} Alec Baldwin]]. [[Film.LordOfTheRings Ian McKellen]]. [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Tim]] [[{{Oscar}} Curry]]. Need I say more?
** Yes, actually. Lamont's driver is [[EverybodyLovesRaymond Raymond's dad]]. The museum security guard is [[StarTrekVoyager Neelix]].
** Al Leong (DieHard/LethalWeapon/[[{{Ptitlezupzqbhj}} Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]) helps kidnap ''[[KungFuPanda Po's dad]]''.

* {{Narm}}: The Lanes are hypnotized by a... cigarette billboard.

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Shiwan uses his powers to off a museum guard who saw him in Genghis's coffin, a cab driver who took him to his lair, and a marine who insulted his fashion sense. The Shadow later uses his powers to [[spoielr: make Farley Claymore jump through a third-story window.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The Shadow reveals himself in Dr. Lane's lab, looking like he's coming out of the wall.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: The scene in the Chinese restaraunt ends with Shiwan and Lamont trying to shoot each other, only to have the bullets collide in midair.

* IOweYouMyLife: Inverted - When the Shadow saves Dr. Tam's life and enlists him as one of his agents.

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Shiwan uses his powers to off a museum guard who saw him in Genghis's coffin, a cab driver who took him to his lair, and a marine who insulted his fashion sense. The Shadow later uses his powers to make Farley Claymore jump through a third-story window.

-->'''YING KO:''' (to his marksmen) Shoot through him.
* SuperWindowJump: Shiwan escapes the Chinese restaraunt by jumping out a window after breaking the glass with his powers. Farley later dives through a glass mural, after the Shadow made him think it was an exit, with less pleasant results.

* WrongWire: When Dr. Lane first tries to disarm the bomb, he accidentally makes the timer go to warp speed, and fixing it leaves him with only two minutes. Finally, he decides that it's "usually green"... and pulls the red wire.

* EmpathicWeapon: The Phurba.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
-->'''MARGO:''' We need each other.
-->'''LAMONT:''' No, we don't.
-->'''MARGO:''' We have a connection.
-->'''LAMONT:''' No, we don't.
-->'''MARGO:''' Then how do you explain that I can read your thoughts?
-->'''LAMONT:''' My thoughts are hard to miss.
-->'''MARGO:''' And why is that?
-->'''LAMONT:''' Psychically, I'm very well endowed.
-->'''MARGO:''' [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean I'll bet you are.]]
** Immediately following the BetterToDieThanBeKilled Example:
--->'''MOE:''' (reading a book called ''Unlocking the Psychic Mind'') I sense somebody's coming.
--->(The warrior crashes onto the sidewalk behind the cab.)
** As Lamont tells Margo "It's all falling into place", a guy Shiwan compelled to jump from a building can be seen in the background.

--->(The warrior crashes onto the sidewalk behind the cab.)

-->'''MARGO:''' ("yeah, right") I'll bet you are.

A 1994 Universal live-action film based off the pulp hero TheShadow, the movie follows the adventures of Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin), who uses his psychic powers as the Shadow to make up for the atrocities he committed in the past. But all is not well in the Big Apple - Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the last descendant of Genghis and fellow psychic, has come to finish his great-grandscestor's work, and he's not about to let anyone stand in his way. Margo Lane was played by Penelope Ann Miller.

A 1994 Universal live-action film based off the pulp hero TheShadow, the movie follows the adventures of Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin), who uses his psychic powers as the Shadow to make up for the atrocities he committed in the past. But all is not well in the Big Apple - Shiwan Khan (JohnLone), the last descendant of Genghis and fellow psychic, has come to finish his great-grandscestor's work, and he's not about to let anyone stand in his way. Margo Lane was played by (PenelopeAnnMiller).

!!Provides examples of:

** Immediately following the BetterToDieThanToBeKilled Example:

** Immediately following the BetterToDieThanToBeKilledExample:

* BigApplesauce