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Feature film — 1939

The Witness Vanishes (1939)

7.01h 6mAction — Adventure — Crime — Mystery — Romance

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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Director: Otis Garrett

On screen

Cast & crew

Edmund Lowe as Mark Peters

Edmund Lowe

Mark Peters

Wendy Barrie as Joan Marplay

Wendy Barrie

Joan Marplay

Bruce Lester as Lord Noel Stratton

Bruce Lester

Lord Noel Stratton

Forrester Harvey as Allistair McNab

Forrester Harvey

Allistair McNab

Walter Kingsford as Amos Craven

Walter Kingsford

Amos Craven

J.M. Kerrigan as Flinters

J.M. Kerrigan

Flinters

Barlowe Borland as Lucus Marplay

Barlowe Borland

Lucus Marplay

Boyd Irwin as Sinclair Ellis

Boyd Irwin

Sinclair Ellis

Vernon Steele as Nigel Partridge

Vernon Steele

Nigel Partridge

Reginald Barlow as Sir John Digby

Reginald Barlow

Sir John Digby

Leyland Hodgson as Dade

Leyland Hodgson

Dade

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Robert Noble

Inspector Wren

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