Luring Shadows

Luring Shadows

1921 · 56 min · ★ 9.0 · Mystery

J.H. Wareing, a New York City financier, is found murdered in his library after the robbery of several securities and a necklace. Suspicion points to the butler, Jason, to whom Wareing had shown the necklace the night before. Wareing's daughter, Florence, is also a suspect and therefore denied her father's estate.

Directed by Joseph Levering · Written by O.E. Goebel

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