The Witness Vanishes (1939)

09/22/1939 (US) • 1h 6m

Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!

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.

Top Billed Cast

Edmund Lowe

Mark Peters

Wendy Barrie

Joan Marplay

Bruce Lester

Lord Noel Stratton

Forrester Harvey

Allistair McNab

Walter Kingsford

Amos Craven

Barlowe Borland

Lucus Marplay

Boyd Irwin

Sinclair Ellis

Vernon Steele

Nigel Partridge


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

escape

scotland yard

insane asylum

revenge

murder

investigator

newspaper man

frame up

universal crime club

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