De onweerstaanbare graaf Alexei Orloff uit Rusland wordt naar Venetië gestuurd om prinses Elizabeth Tarakanova te ontvoeren. Elisabeth vormt een bedreiging voor de troon van Catharina de Grote. Orloff wordt echter verliefd op Elisabeth. Wanneer Catherina alsnog Elisabeth in handen krijgt, wordt ze ter dood veroordeeld. De wanhopige, maar nobele Orloff biedt Catharina aan om in Elisabeth's plaats te sterven.
Ja! de film Shadow of the Eagle is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Sidney Salkow | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Companéez | Original Story |
| Writing | Doreen Montgomery | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hagar Wilde | Screenplay |
| Production | Anthony Havelock-Allan | Producer |
| Sound | Hans May | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Erwin Hillier | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter Graham Scott | Editor |
| Art | Wilfred Shingleton | Art Direction |
| Art | Kenneth McCallum Tait | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vittorio Nino Novarese | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. di Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerry Fairbank | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Franklin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Doreen Hart | Hairstylist |
| Production | Gregory Baird Smith | Production Manager |
| Directing | Roger Good | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Cecil Cooney | Camera Operator |