Movie: Shadow of the Law

Top 10 Billed 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

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1930-06-06

  • Average

    6.4

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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