Shadow of the Law

Louis J. Gasnier
1930-06-06

Two Women Want Him...One for His Money...One for His Love...And the Law Wants Him for Life!
6.4
69 min

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

Name Character Team
William Powell Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson Unowned
Marion Shilling Edith Wentworth Unowned
Natalie Moorhead Ethel Barry aka Ethel George Unowned
Regis Toomey Tom Owens Unowned
Paul Hurst Pete Shore Unowned
George Irving Colonel Wentworth Unowned
Frederick Burt Detective Lt. Mike Kearney Unowned
James Durkin Prison Warden Unowned
Richard Tucker Lew Durkin Unowned
Walter James Captain of the Guards Unowned
Sammy Blum Undetermined Role Unowned
Allan Cavan Juror Unowned
Edward LeSaint Judge Unowned
Frank O'Connor Undetermined Role Unowned
Broderick O'Farrell Doctor Unowned
Edward Peil Sr. Usher Unowned
Oscar Smith Elevator Operator Unowned
Harry Strang Prison Barber Unowned
Leo Willis Engineer Unowned
Harry Wilson Convict Unowned