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Creeping Shadows

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Creeping Shadows
Directed byJohn Orton
Written byJ. O. C. Orton
Based onThe Limping Man by William Matthew Scott
Produced byJohn Orton
Starring
Music byColin Wark
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 28 July 1931 (1931-07-28)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] It was released in America 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

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Three victims plan to murder a retired informant.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Wood p.71

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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