Shadow of Suspicion

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Shadow of Suspicion
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Directed by William Beaudine
Written by
Produced by A.W. Hackel
Starring
Cinematography Marcel Le Picard
Edited by
Music by Lee Zahler
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • September 23, 1944 (1944-09-23)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shadow of Suspicion is a 1944 American comedy crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Marjorie Weaver, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan. [1]

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=Plot

A man shows up at a bank who seems very suspicious. The bank is to receive a valuable necklace. Its hard to tell who the man is working for and he changes his name several times. The bank president hides the necklace into a pair of bronze shoes and has his secretary take them to an unscrupulous old lady diamond cutter.

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References

  1. Marshall p.298

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