Shadow of the Law (1930)

Shadow of the Law (1930)

Two Women Want Him...One for His Money...One for His Love...And the Law Wants Him for Life! 1930-06-06 United States of America 69 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

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