''Prison Shadows'' is a 1936 American

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directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Edward J. Nugent,

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and

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.Pitts p.440

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 *

as Claire Thomas *

as Mary Comstock *

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as George Miller *

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as Dave Moran *

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as Bert McNamee * John Elliott as The Police Captain *Jack Cowell as Graham, Murphy's manager *Willard Kent as Veterinarian *

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as John Halligan, referee *

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as Mrs. Murphy *

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as Prison Warden *

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as Fight Fan *

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as Coroner *

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as Waitress at Tea Room *

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as Cop *Corky as Babe, Gene's Dog

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* * 1936 films 1936 crime drama films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American crime drama films Films directed by Robert F. Hill 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub