Prison Shadows
Introduction '''''Prison Shadows''''' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund and Joan Barclay.
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*Lucille Lund as Claire Thomas*Joan Barclay as Mary Comstock*Forrest Taylor as George Miller*Syd Saylor as Dave Moran*Monte Blue as Bert McNamee*John Elliott as The Police Captain*Jack Cowell as Graham, Murphy's manager*Willard Kent as Veterinarian*Walter O'Keefe as John Halligan, referee* Martha Wentworth as 	Mrs. Murphy* Lloyd Ingraham as Prison Warden* Murdock MacQuarrie as Fight Fan* Arthur Thalasso as 	Coroner* Dorothy Vernon as 	Waitress at Tea Room* Jack Cheatham as Cop *Corky as Babe, Gene's Dog
See also * List of boxing films
References
Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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