Line #1 Film/InvisibleAvenger


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3	''Invisible Avenger'' (a.k.a. ''Bourbon Street Shadows'') is a 1958 FilmNoir crime film directed by James Wong Howe, Ben Parker and John Sledge. The film is a CompilationMovie made from two episodes of a 1957 Creator/RepublicPictures television pilot for ''Radio/TheShadow''.
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5	When Pablo Ramirez, the exiled ruler the Caribbean nation of Santa Cruz now living in New Orleans, becomes a target of a kidnapping, Lamont Cranston and his mentor, a mystic named Joegendra, team up and put their mind-altering skills to work to help the man.
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7	Re-released in 1962 with additional, 'more adult,' footage added, as ''Bourbon Street Shadows''.
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9	!!Tropes:
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11	* BananaRepublic: The plot centres around Pablo Ramirez, the exiled ruler of the Caribbean nation of Santa Cruz, who was ousted by the dictator known as the Generalissimo. Ramirez is organizing a rebellion against the Generalissimo while the Generalissimo's secret police scour New Orleans for him.
12	* TheBigEasy: The film is set in, and was shot on location in, New Orleans.
13	* BodybagTrick: The Generalissimo's men attempt to smuggle Pablo Ramirez out of New Orleans in a coffin inside a hearse: knowing that the police will not stop a funeral procession.
14	* CarFu: The Generalissimo's secret police attempt to run Cranston down, by he is warned by a psychic warning from his mentor Joegendra.
15	* CompilationMovie: The film is compiled from episodes that were shot for a ''Radio/TheShadow'' television series that never reached the air.
16	* CoversAlwaysLie: See that scene on the poster? The woman on a staircase being threatened by a madman with a knife? Does not occur anywhere in the movie.
17	* DeadMansChest: The Shadow finds Tony's body stuffed into an upright piano in a back room of Tara's club.
18	* DisconnectedByDeath: In the midst of a telephone call to Cranston, Tony Alcade is murdered by the secret police.
19	* EvilLaughter: Naturally, the Shadow does this throughout the film.
20	* FailedPilotEpisode: This film was originally intended as a pilot for a ''Radio/TheShadow'' TV series. However, it was turned into a movie instead.
21	* FakingTheDead: The Generalissimo stages a fake execution of Pablo's twin brother Victor in order to lure Pablo out of hiding.
22	* FriendOrFoe: After the Shadow turns invisible on the yacht, Victor panic fires when he sees movement and hits his ally the Colonel instead. The Colonel assumes this is a deliberate act of betrayal and delivers a LastBreathBullet to Victor.
23	* TheGhost: The Generalissimo is mentioned throughout the film, and is the driving force behind the events, but he never actually appears, and is mentioned as having been killed in the off-screen revolution at the end.
24	* HypnoticEyes: Cranston and Joegendra are able to hypontise people simply by staring into their eyes intently: no words need be spoken.
25	* {{Invisibility}}: Unsurprisingly, the Shadow's main ability is invisibility. Here it is a form of hypnosis that causes [[PerceptionFilter people not to see him]], but causes his shadow to still be visible.
26	* JediMindTrick: The Shadow uses his psychic powers to cause [[PerceptionFilter others to be unable to see him]]. His shadow remains visible.
27	* LastBreathBullet: After Victor [[FriendOrFoe shoots the Colonel after mistaking him for the Shadow]], the Colonel uses his dying strength to shoot and kill Victor.
28	* NoNameGiven: The Colonel, who is one of the major villains, is never referred to by anything other than his rank.
29	* PerceptionFilter: The Shadow uses his [[JediMindTrick psychic powers to cause others to be unable to see him]]. His shadow remains visible.
30	* PistolWhipping: Victor knocks out his niece Felecia by rapping her one the back of the head with his pistol.
31	* PublicExecution: The Generalissimo broadcasts the execution of Pablo's twin brother that is shown on television in the United States in a scheme to draw Pablo into the open.
32	* ShotAtDawn: The Generalissimo releases a newsreel of Pablo's twin brother Victor being executed by firing squad to lure Pablo out of hiding. La
33	* TapOnTheHead: Victor knocks out his niece Felecia by [[PistolWhipping rapping her one the back of the head with his pistol]].
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