The Witness Vanishes
movie

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!
Released September 22, 1939
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.
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
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Robert Noble
as
Inspector Wren
Crew
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Otis Garrett
as
Director
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Robertson White
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Screenplay
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Jack Otterson
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Art Direction
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Irving Starr
as
Producer
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Ben Hersh
as
Production Manager
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Arthur Martinelli
as
Director of Photography
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James Ronald
as
Novel
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Harry Keller
as
Editor
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Vera West
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Costume Design
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Clifford Vaughan
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Original Music Composer

David Raksin
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Original Music Composer

Frank Skinner
as
Original Music Composer