The Shadow of Silk Lennox

A crooked nightclub owner, pretending to go straight, is forced to kill a henchman when the latter tries to run off with the gang's latest haul.

Cast

Lon Chaney Jr.

as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

Dean Benton

as Jimmy Lambert

Marie Burton

as Nola Travers

Jack Mulhall

as Ferguson, alais 'Fingers' Farley

Eddie Gribbon

as Henchman Lefty Sloan

Larry McGrath

Allen Greer

as Henchman Dutch

Theodore Lorch

as Kennedy, the ward-heeler

Frank Niemann

as Nightclub Band Leader

Budd Buster

as Henchman Deacon Fedder

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