The Witness Vanishes (1939)

1939 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. Otis Garrett

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!

• Action
• Adventure
• Crime

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Otis Garrett

Writer

Robertson White

Composer

Clifford Vaughan

Cinematography

Arthur Martinelli

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

1939-09-22

Running time

66 minutes

Cast & crew

• OOtis Garrett Director
• Edmund Lowe
• Wendy Barrie
• Bruce Lester
• Forrester Harvey
• Walter Kingsford
• J.M. Kerrigan
• Barlowe Borland
• Boyd Irwin

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