Practical Effects
Genuine 1930s boxing ring footage hits different than any recreation.
Acting
Edward Nugent's desperate energy carries the whole creaky enterprise.
Director
Robert F. Hill
Edward Nugent
Gene Harris
Lucille Lund
Claire Thomas
Joan Barclay
Mary Comstock
Forrest Taylor
George Miller
Syd Saylor
Dave Moran
Monte Blue
Bert McNamee
John Elliott
The Police Captain
Walter O'Keefe
John Halligan - Referee
Jack Cheatham
Cop (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
Ring Announcer / Prison Guard (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
The Prison Warden (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prison Shadows was produced by the short-lived Puritan Pictures, one of dozens of 'Poverty Row' studios cranking out cheap programmers for double bills.
This barely-feature-length format was designed for the bottom half of double bills—audiences in 1936 would've watched this after a bigger film, which explains the breakneck pacing.
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