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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 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.

Creeping Shadows
Directed by	John Orton
Written by	J. O. C. Orton
Based on	The Limping Man by William Matthew Scott
Produced by	John Orton
Starring	Franklin Dyall Arthur Hardy Margot Grahame
Music by	Colin Wark
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	28 July 1931
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

• Creeping Shadows at IMDb

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