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06/06/1930 Crime, Drama, Mystery 1h 9m
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Two Women Want Him...One for His Money...One for His Love...And the Law Wants Him for Life!

Overview

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.

  1. Louis J. Gasnier

    Director

  2. Max Marcin

    Writer

  3. John A. Moroso

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. William Powell

    Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson

  2. Marion Shilling

    Edith Wentworth

  3. Natalie Moorhead

    Ethel Barry aka Ethel George

  4. Regis Toomey

    Tom Owens

  5. Paul Hurst

    Pete Shore

  6. George Irving

    Colonel Wentworth

  7. Frederick Burt

    Detective Lt. Mike Kearney

  8. James Durkin

    Prison Warden

  9. Richard Tucker

    Lew Durkin

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-16
This packs quite a lot into an hour or so, with William Powell doing just about enough to keep it afloat. He is the wealthy "Nelson/Montgomery" who in concluding a rather promising first date before an unfortunate encounter with a stranger (to him, anyway) who ends up splatted all over the pavement several stories below. Now he's in handcuffs and the only witness to the whole affair - indeed, the entire cause of the affair, has done a bunk. After three years incarcerated, he becomes a trusty - the warden wants him to do some snitching for him, but he manages to escape. Starting from scratch, w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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