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The Witness Vanishes( 1939)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edmund Lowe

      Mark Peters

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      Wendy Barrie

      Joan Marplay

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      Bruce Lester

      Lord Noel Stratton

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      Forrester Harvey

      Allistair McNab

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      Walter Kingsford

      Amos Craven

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      J.M. Kerrigan

      Flinters

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      Barlowe Borland

      Lucus Marplay

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      Boyd Irwin

      Sinclair Ellis

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      Vernon Steele

      Nigel Partridge

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      Reginald Barlow

      Sir John Digby

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      Leyland Hodgson

      Dade

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      Robert Noble

      Inspector Wren

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      Phyllis Barry

      Miss Carson (uncredited)

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      Wilson Benge

      Bradley the Butler (uncredited)

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      Hal E. Chester

      Copy Boy (uncredited)

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      Herbert Evans

      Kirby the Assistant Editor (uncredited)

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      Denis Greene

      Leets (uncredited)

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      Anne Nagel

      Laura the Secretary (uncredited)

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      Alexander Pollard

      Eddie the Sanitorium Attendant (uncredited)

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      John Rogers

      Printer (uncredited)

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      Michael Vallon

      Wilkes the Editor (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • escape
    • scotland yard
    • insane asylum
    • revenge
    • murder
    • investigator
    • newspaper man
    • frame up
    • universal crime club