Shadow of the Law
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Shadow of the Law

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

6.7 / 10 1930 1h 9mNR English
CrimeDramaMystery

Storyline

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 & Crew

William Powell

William Powell

Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson

Lead
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

FB

Frederick Burt

Detective Lt. Mike Kearney

James Durkin

James Durkin

Prison Warden

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Louis J. Gasnier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Shadow of the Law is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker