The Witness Vanishes (1939)
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
- 1939-09-22
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Otis Garrett, Robertson White
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Edmund Lowe as Mark Peters
- Wendy Barrie as Joan Marplay
- Bruce Lester as Lord Noel Stratton
- Forrester Harvey as Allistair McNab
- Walter Kingsford as Amos Craven
- J.M. Kerrigan as Flinters
- Barlowe Borland as Lucus Marplay
- Boyd Irwin as Sinclair Ellis
- Vernon Steele as Nigel Partridge
- Reginald Barlow as Sir John Digby
- Leyland Hodgson as Dade
- Robert Noble as Inspector Wren