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The Man in the Shadow

Oct 15, 1926

1h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

Better by far that ten Guilty men escape than that one Innocent man die for another's crime-Upon this is built the most thrilling melodrama of the season.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

David Hartford Productions

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Cast

Robert Rodman

David Torrence

Lucy Rodman

Mary McAllister

Bob Rodman

Arthur Rankin

Mary Alvoid

Myrtle Stedman

Harry Jackson

Edward Coxen

Dallis Alvoid

Joseph Bennett

Thomas Walsh

John T. Dwyer

Kate Jackson

Margaret Fielding

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