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Shadows (1931)

Shadows poster
Directed by
Alexander Esway
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
57 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British crime film from 1931. It follows a press gang and a family mix-up involving a wife, leading to criminal entanglements.

brisknoir-ishearthymelodramaticdatedlow-budgetfast-paced

What happens

Shadows (also known as Press Gang and My Wife's Family) is a 1931 British crime film directed and produced by Alexander Esway and starring Jacqueline Logan, Bernard Nedell and Gordon Harker. It was written by Rodney Ackland and Frank Miller, and made as a quota quickie by British International Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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