- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, Short, Thriller
- Release: 1931-09-07
- Director: George Cochrane
- Writers: Herman Landon , George Cochrane
- Language: English
- Stars: Thurston Hall , Charlotte Wynters , Frank Shannon , Arthur Aylesworth , Frank Readick , Frank Readick
- Runtime: 18 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Shadow #1: Burglar to the Rescue (United States of America) , A Burglar to the Rescue , A Burglar to the Rescue (United Kingdom) , A Burglar to the Rescue (United States of America)
- Plot: The story is about a bank president who has been stealing from the bank. One night, as he is working on the books to cover his crimes,a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues it is revealed the visitor is an escaped convict that was a formed employee of the bank who was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series,there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.
- IMDB:tt0174527
A Burglar to the Rescue Cast · · · ALL
George Cochrane
Director
Thurston Hall
The Banker, Steve Corley
Charlotte Wynters
The Girl, Marian
Frank Shannon
The Burglar, Holtz aka Jack Dunning
Arthur Aylesworth
The Detective, Andy Hurley