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Shadow Of Suspicion (1944)

• Director
  • William Beaudine
• Writers
  • Albert DeMond(screenplay)
  • Earle Snell(screenplay)
  • Tim Ryan(additional dialogue)
• Stars
  • Marjorie Weaver
  • Peter Cookson
  • Tim Ryan

  Judging by such films as Shadows of Suspicion, it's too bad that leading man Peter Cookson eventually elected to leave the movies in favor of the Broadway stage. Cookson is cast as Jimmy, an enterprising private detective who hits upon a most unusual method of solving a jewel robbery. With the help of his partner Northrup (Tim Ryan), Jimmy frames himself as the primary suspect, so that he can operate undetected to expose the genuine thief. Needless to say, the plan backfires by mid-film. But with pretty Marjorie Weaver as the unwitting courier of the stolen jewels, it's a safe bet that the truth will out before the film's 68 minutes have expended themselves.