Nick Shane — There's Always a Woman Character Profile

About Nick Shane

Nightclub owner suspected by Sally of orchestrating Walter's murder. Found dead in the Reardons' apartment. Was hired by Lola to kill Walter but turned blackmailing her, leading to his death.

Character Facts

Played by

Jerome Cowan

Appears in

There's Always a Woman (1938)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Nick Shane — Professional Employer — Lola Fraser (Mary Astor)

  Lola secretly contracts Shane to eliminate her husband.

• Nick Shane — Social Nightclub Owner — Jerry Marlowe (Robert Paige)

  Shane provides the venue where key tensions escalate.

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More characters from There's Always a Woman

• William H. Reardon (Melvyn Douglas)
• Sally Reardon (Joan Blondell)
• Lola Fraser (Mary Astor)
• Anne Calhoun (Frances Drake)
• Jerry Marlowe (Robert Paige)
• District Attorney (Thurston Hall)
• Walter Fraser (Lester Matthews)
• Assistant to District Attorney (uncredited) (Bud Geary)
• Grigson - Butler (Walter Kingsford)
• Mr. Ketterling (Pierre Watkin)
• Mary - Ketterling's Secretary (uncredited) (Rita Hayworth)
• Detective Flannigan (uncredited) (Tom Dugan)