The Witness Vanishes (1939)
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
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Edmund Lowe as Mark Peters |
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Wendy Barrie as Joan Marplay |
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Bruce Lester as Lord Noel Stratton |
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Forrester Harvey as Allistair McNab |
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Walter Kingsford as Amos Craven |
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J.M. Kerrigan as Flinters |
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Barlowe Borland as Lucus Marplay |
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Boyd Irwin as Sinclair Ellis |
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Vernon Steele as Nigel Partridge |
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Reginald Barlow as Sir John Digby |
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Leyland Hodgson as Dade |
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Robert Noble as Inspector Wren |
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Phyllis Barry as Miss Carson (uncredited) |
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Wilson Benge as Bradley the Butler (uncredited) |
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Hal E. Chester as Copy Boy (uncredited) |
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Herbert Evans as Kirby the Assistant Editor (uncredited) |
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Denis Greene as Leets (uncredited) |
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Anne Nagel as Laura the Secretary (uncredited) |
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Alexander Pollard as Eddie the Sanitorium Attendant (uncredited) |
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John Rogers as Printer (uncredited) |
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Michael Vallon as Wilkes the Editor (uncredited) |
| Directing | Otis Garrett | Director |
| Writing | Robertson White | Screenplay |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Production | Irving Starr | Producer |
| Production | Ben Hersh | Production Manager |
| Camera | Arthur Martinelli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | James Ronald | Novel |
| Editing | Harry Keller | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Sound | Clifford Vaughan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | David Raksin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Charles Previn | Music Director |
| Sound | Robert Pritchard | Sound |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Original Music Composer |
