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The Witness Vanishes
“WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!”
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.
Directed by Otis Garrett
70
User score
5 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 22, 1939
Runtime
1h 6m
Language
English
Top cast
Edmund Lowe
Mark Peters
Wendy Barrie
Joan Marplay
Bruce Lester
Lord Noel Stratton
Forrester Harvey
Allistair McNab
Walter Kingsford
Amos Craven
J.M. Kerrigan
Flinters
Barlowe Borland
Lucus Marplay
Boyd Irwin
Sinclair Ellis
Vernon Steele
Nigel Partridge
Reginald Barlow
Sir John Digby
Leyland Hodgson
Dade
Robert Noble
Inspector Wren
Phyllis Barry
Miss Carson (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
Bradley the Butler (uncredited)
Hal E. Chester
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Kirby the Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Denis Greene
Leets (uncredited)
Anne Nagel
Laura the Secretary (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Eddie the Sanitorium Attendant (uncredited)
John Rogers
Printer (uncredited)
