Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1932 · 58m

Behind Stone Walls

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Director
Frank R. Strayer
Cast
Edward Nugent as Bob Clay Priscilla Dean as Esther Clay Ann Christy as Peg Harper - Bob's Girlfriend Robert Elliott as District Attorney John Manson Clay Robert Ellis as Jack Keene - Man-about-Town George Chesebro as Druggett - Blackmailing Butler
Crew
Jules Cronjager — Director of Photography Byron Robinson — Editor George B. Seitz — Screenplay Ralph M. Like — Producer
Synopsis

Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes the son who receives a life imprisonment sentence. Jack Keene's butler Druggett knows the truth and blackmails Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper summons John Clay to the scene...

Mood & Themes
murdercrime scene
Key Collaborators
Frank R. Strayer Director Jules Cronjager Director of Photography Byron Robinson Editor George B. Seitz Screenplay Ralph M. Like Producer
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