Shadow of the Law (1930)
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Two Women Want Him...One for His Money...One for His Love...And the Law Wants Him for Life!
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 PowellJim Montgomery aka John Nelson
Marion ShillingEdith Wentworth
Natalie MoorheadEthel Barry aka Ethel George
Regis ToomeyTom Owens
Paul HurstPete Shore
George IrvingColonel WentworthFrederick BurtDetective Lt. Mike Kearney
James DurkinPrison Warden
Richard TuckerLew Durkin
Walter JamesCaptain of the GuardsSammy BlumUndetermined RoleAllan CavanJurorKeywords
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What is Shadow of the Law about?
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.
How long is Shadow of the Law?
Shadow of the Law has a runtime of 69 minutes.
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