Shadow of the Law (1930)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Louis J. Gasnier

Writers:

Max Marcin (play) and
John A. Moroso (novel) ...

Release Date:

6 June 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her...

Plot Keywords:

Killing | Suite | Fight | Self Defense | Set Up

Cast

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

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Movie Connections:

Version of The City of Silent Men (1921)