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Shadow of the Law

1930 69 min ★ 6.7 Crime Drama Mystery

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.

Writer: Max Marcin Director: Louis J. Gasnier Writer: John A. Moroso

Cast

William Powell William Powell Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson
Marion Shilling Marion Shilling Edith Wentworth
Natalie Moorhead Natalie Moorhead Ethel Barry aka Ethel George
Regis Toomey Regis Toomey Tom Owens
Paul Hurst Paul Hurst Pete Shore
George Irving George Irving Colonel Wentworth
Frederick Burt Frederick Burt Detective Lt. Mike Kearney
James Durkin James Durkin Prison Warden
Richard Tucker Richard Tucker Lew Durkin
Walter James Walter James Captain of the Guards
Sammy Blum Sammy Blum Undetermined Role
Allan Cavan Allan Cavan Juror