Shadow of the Law

IMDb 6.4 1930 • 69 min • CrimeDramaMystery

Director

Louis J. Gasnier

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

William Powell
William Powell Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson
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