The Witness Vanishes
6.7
3 Reviews
1939
1h 6min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
22 September 1939
Runtime
1h 6min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
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)
Herbert Evans
Kirby the Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Denis Greene
Leets (uncredited)
Anne Nagel
Laura the Secretary (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Eddie the Sanitorium Attendant (uncredited)
John Rogers
Printer (uncredited)
Michael Vallon
Wilkes the Editor (uncredited)
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