Prison Shadows is a 1936 American crime film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund and Joan Barclay.[1]

Prison Shadows
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert F. Hill
Written byAl Martin
StarringEdward J. Nugent
Lucille Lund
Joan Barclay
CinematographyWilliam Hyer
Edited byDan Milner
Production
company
Distributed byPuritan Pictures
Release date
  • July 18, 1936 (1936-07-18)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

edit

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

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Pitts p.440

Bibliography

edit
  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
edit