The Witness Vanishes (1939)

Name: The Witness Vanishes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Released: 1939-09-22
Duration: 66 min
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Bruce Lester, Forrester Harvey, Walter Kingsford

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.

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Released 1939-09-22 · 66 min · Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance

Directed by Otis Garrett

Cast

Edmund Lowe as Mark Peters
Wendy Barrie as Joan Marplay
Bruce Lester as Lord Noel Stratton
Forrester Harvey as Allistair McNab
Walter Kingsford as Amos Craven
J.M. Kerrigan as Flinters
Barlowe Borland as Lucus Marplay
Boyd Irwin as Sinclair Ellis
Vernon Steele as Nigel Partridge
Reginald Barlow as Sir John Digby
Leyland Hodgson as Dade
Robert Noble as Inspector Wren
Phyllis Barry as Miss Carson (uncredited)
Wilson Benge as Bradley the Butler (uncredited)
Hal E. Chester as Copy Boy (uncredited)