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Shadows and Fog is Woody Allen's first mystery movie. The mystery: what caused this total breakdown of a unique artist?
Jack Kroll, Newsweek
Shadows and Fog
A delicate comedy-mystery in true Allen fashion.
1991 · 1h 25m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Woody Allen
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Shadows and Fog
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With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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