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Director
  
Thornton Freeland

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
December 12, 1931

Writer
  
Sam Spewack (novel), Sam Spewack (screenplay)

Tagline
  
Best mystery drama you've ever seen!

The Secret Witness is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Una Merkel, William Collier Jr. and Zasu Pitts. It is an adaptation of the novel Murder in the Gilded Cage by Sam Spewack. The screenplay concerns a man who is found murdered in his luxury apartment. His neighbors believe that the wrong man has been arrested and set out to solve the crime.

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Cast

  • Una Merkel as Lois Martin
  • William Collier Jr. as Arthur Jones aka Casey
  • Zasu Pitts as Bella
  • Purnell Pratt as Capt. McGowan
  • Ralf Harolde as Lewis Leroy
  • Clyde Cook as Larson - Building Engineer
  • June Clyde as Tess Jones
  • Nat Pendleton as Gunner - Bodyguard
  • Clarence Muse as Jeff - Building Janitor
  • Hooper Atchley as Herbert 'Bert' Folsom
  • Billy Bletcher as Radio Announcer's Voice
  • Mike Donlin as Mike - Speakeasy Proprietor
  • James Durkin as Detective
  • Greta Granstedt as Moll
  • Henry Hall as Police Commissioner Martin
  • Paul Hurst as Officer Brannigan
  • Rita La Roy as Sylvia Folsom
  • Maston Williams as Contact Detective

    • References

    The Secret Witness Wikipedia
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