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The Witness Vanishes 1939 Directed by Otis Garrett

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company Universal Pictures
Release Date 22 September 1939
66 mins
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
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)
Michael Vallon Wilkes the Editor (uncredited)