Creeping Shadows is a 1931 British crime film directed by John Orton and starring Franklin Dyall, Arthur Hardy and Margot Grahame. It was made at the Welwyn Studios of British International Pictures. 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 a retired informant. Cast Franklin Dyall as Disher Arthur Hardy as Sir Edwin Paget Margot Grahame as Gloria Paget Lester Matthews as Brian Nash Jeanne Stuart as Olga Hoyt Gerald Rawlinson as Paul Tegle David Hawthorne as Peter Hoyt Charles Farrell as Chicago Joe Henrietta Watson as Lady Paget Matthew Boulton as Inspector Potter Percy Parsons 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 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