
Film
The Witness Vanishes
1939 · 1h 6m · Action · Adventure · Crime
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!
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Overview
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.
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)
Crew
- Otis GarrettDirector
- Robertson WhiteScreenplay
- James RonaldNovel
- Irving StarrProducer
- Arthur MartinelliDirector of Photography
- Clifford VaughanOriginal Music Composer
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
- Hans J. SalterOriginal Music Composer
- Harry KellerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 22, 1939
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
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