Prison Shadows
1936 film by Robert F. Hill
- July 18, 1936 (1936-07-18)
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Prison Shadows is a 1936 American crime film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund and Joan Barclay.[1]
Plot
Gene Harris, a prizefighter, is sentenced to five years in prison after killing an opponent in the ring. Gene's trainer Moran is suspicious of promoter George Miller, whose accomplice Claire Thomas is pretending to be in love with Gene while double-crossing him.
Gene is paroled after three years. He returns to boxing, supported by Mary Comstock, a girl from Miller's office who believes in Gene's innocence, even after another foe dies while fighting him. They discover that an undetectable poison is being used on the fighters' towels. Overhearing a plot to kill him the same way, Gene plays dead and is carried out, setting a trap with the police that the villains fall into right after the fight.
Cast
- Edward J. Nugent as Gene Harris
- Lucille Lund as Claire Thomas
- Joan Barclay as Mary Comstock
- Forrest Taylor as George Miller
- Syd Saylor as Dave Moran
- Monte Blue as Bert McNamee
- John Elliott as The Police Captain
- Jack Cowell as Graham, Murphy's manager
- Willard Kent as Veterinarian
- Walter O'Keefe as John Halligan, referee
- Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Murphy
- Lloyd Ingraham as Prison Warden
- Murdock MacQuarrie as Fight Fan
- Arthur Thalasso as Coroner
- Dorothy Vernon as Waitress at Tea Room
- Jack Cheatham as Cop
- Corky as Babe, Gene's Dog
See also
References
- ^ Pitts p.440
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
- Prison Shadows at IMDb
- Prison Shadows is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Robert F. Hill
- The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
- The Flaming Disc (1920)
- The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922)
- The Radio King (1922)
- Around the World in 18 Days (1923)
- The Social Buccaneer (1923)
- The Phantom Fortune (1923)
- His Mystery Girl (1923)
- Shadows of the North (1923)
- Crooked Alley (1923)
- Young Ideas (1924)
- Jack O'Clubs (1924)
- The Breathless Moment (1924)
- Dark Stairways (1924)
- Idaho (1925)
- Wild West (1925)
- The Bar C Mystery (1926)
- The Return of the Riddle Rider (1927)
- Blake of Scotland Yard (1927)
- Haunted Island (1928)
- Life's Mockery (1928)
- A Million for Love (1928)
- Silks and Saddles (1929)
- Melody Lane (1929)
- Heroes of the Flames (1931)
- Sundown Trail (1931)
- The Spell of the Circus (1931)
- Love Bound (1932)
- The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
- Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
- A Demon for Trouble (1934)
- Frontier Days (1934)
- Cowboy Holiday (1934)
- Danger Trails (1935)
- The Texas Rambler (1935)
- Queen of the Jungle (1935)
- The Cyclone Ranger (1935)
- Put on the Spot (1936)
- Silks and Saddles (1936)
- Two Minutes to Play (1936)
- Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
- Prison Shadows (1936)
- West of Nevada (1936)
- Men of the Plains (1936)
- Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936)
- Kelly of the Secret Service (1936)
- The Phantom of the Range (1936)
- Idaho Kid (1936)
- Too Much Beef (1936)
- Taming the Wild (1936)
- Million Dollar Racket (1937)
- The Roaming Cowboy (1937)
- Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)
- Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
- Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
- The Painted Trail (1938)
- Whirlwind Horseman (1938)
- Man's Country (1938)
- Wild Horse Canyon (1938)
- Drifting Westward (1939)
- Overland Mail (1939)
- East Side Kids (1940)
- Wanderers of the West (1941)
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