Shadows (1931 film)
{{short description|1931 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Shadows
| image =File:Shadows (1931 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Alexander Esway
| producer = Alexander Esway
| writer = Rodney Ackland
Frank Miller
| narrator =
| starring = Jacqueline Logan
Bernard Nedell
Gordon Harker
Molly Lamont
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = British International Pictures
| distributor = First National-Pathé Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1931|08|17|df=yes}}
| runtime = 57 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
Shadows (also known as Press Gang and My Wife's Family) is a 1931 British crime film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Jacqueline Logan, Bernard Nedell and Gordon Harker.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114015632/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50263 BFI.org] The screenplay involves the estranged son of a newspaper owner, who returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
Cast
- Jacqueline Logan as Fay Melville
- Bernard Nedell as Press Rawlinson
- Gordon Harker as Earole
- Derrick De Marney as Peter
- Molly Lamont as Jill Dexter
- D. A. Clarke-Smith as Gruhn
- Wally Patch as Cripps
- Mary Clare as Lily
- Mark Lester as Herb
- Roy Emerton as Captain
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in the 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. {{ISBN|978-0-04-791042-5}}.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0022367}}
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Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Category:Films directed by Alexander Esway
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
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