Shadow of the Law

Shadow of the Law (1930)

Two Women Want Him...One for His Money...One for His Love...And the Law Wants Him for Life!

  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1930-06-06
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 9min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Louis J. Gasnier
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Summary

John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.

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  • William Powell

    as Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson
  • Marion Shilling

    as Edith Wentworth
  • Natalie Moorhead

    as Ethel Barry aka Ethel George
  • Regis Toomey

    as Tom Owens
  • Paul Hurst

    as Pete Shore
  • George Irving

    as Colonel Wentworth
  • Frederick Burt

    as Detective Lt. Mike Kearney
  • James Durkin

    as Prison Warden
  • Richard Tucker

    as Lew Durkin
  • Walter James

    as Captain of the Guards
  • Sammy Blum

    as Undetermined Role
  • Allan Cavan

    as Juror
  • Edward LeSaint

    as Judge
  • Frank O'Connor

    as Undetermined Role
  • Broderick O'Farrell

    as Doctor
  • Edward Peil Sr.

    as Usher
  • Oscar Smith

    as Elevator Operator
  • Harry Strang

    as Prison Barber
  • Leo Willis

    as Engineer
  • Harry Wilson

    as Convict
Writing John A. Moroso Writer
Directing Louis J. Gasnier Director
Writing Max Marcin Writer

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