The Witness Vanishes
“WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!”
1939•NR•1h 6m•7.0•Released
ActionAdventureCrimeMysteryRomance
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.
Director
Otis Garrett
Writer
Robertson White
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
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)
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Irving Starr
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