''Creeping Shadows'' is a 1931 British
crime film
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directed by
John Orton
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and starring
Franklin Dyall,
Arthur Hardy and
Margot Grahame. It was made at the
Welwyn Studios of
British International Pictures.
[Wood p.71] It was released in American under the
alternative title ''The Limping Man'', which was the name of the original
West End play by
William Matthew Scott on which the film is based.
Plot
Three victims plan to
murder
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a retired
informant.
Cast
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Franklin Dyall as Disher
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Arthur Hardy as Sir Edwin Paget
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Margot Grahame as Gloria Paget
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Lester Matthews as Brian Nash
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Jeanne Stuart as Olga Hoyt
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Gerald Rawlinson as Paul Tegle
*
David Hawthorne
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Professional career
Seattle Seahawks
Hawthorne receive ...
as Peter Hoyt
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Charles Farrell as Chicago Joe
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Henrietta Watson as Lady Paget
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Matthew Boulton as Inspector Potter
*
Percy Parsons
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Selected filmography
* ''Suspense (1930 film), Suspense'' (1930)
* ''Beyond the Cities'' (1930)
* ''Creeping Shadows'' (1931)
* ' ...
as Limping Man
*
Hal Gordon
* Samuel Pringle
* Ernest Stidwell
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1931 films
British crime films
1931 crime films
1930s English-language films
Films shot at Welwyn Studios
Films set in England
British black-and-white films
1930s British films
British films based on plays
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