Shadow of the Law

Year: 1930

Runtime: 69 mins

Language: English

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

MysteryCrimeDrama

John Nelson, a wealthy businessman, escorts a woman he calls Ethel Barry to her apartment. A hostile stranger confronts her, follows her into Nelson’s hotel room, and threatens her. Nelson intervenes; the man is knocked through a window and falls to his death. Nelson is charged with murder, the law seeks him for life, and the only witness who could prove self‑defense has vanished.

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