The Witness Vanishes (1939)

  • NR
  • 09/22/1939 (US)
  • Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
  • 1h 6m

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.

Otis Garrett

Director

Robertson White

Screenplay

James Ronald

Novel

Cast

Edmund Lowe's headshot

Edmund Lowe

Mark Peters
Wendy Barrie's headshot

Wendy Barrie

Joan Marplay
Bruce Lester's headshot

Bruce Lester

Lord Noel Stratton
Forrester Harvey's headshot

Forrester Harvey

Allistair McNab
Walter Kingsford's headshot

Walter Kingsford

Amos Craven
J. M. Kerrigan's headshot

J. M. Kerrigan

Flinters
Barlowe Borland's headshot

Barlowe Borland

Lucus Marplay
Boyd Irwin's headshot

Boyd Irwin

Sinclair Ellis

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