Movie
The Witness Vanishes
Released: September 22, 1939 (1939)
Runtime: 66 minutes
Genres: Action, 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Reginald Barlow as Sir John Digby
Age at release: 73
- Barlowe Borland as Lucus Marplay
Age at release: 62
- Boyd Irwin as Sinclair Ellis
Age at release: 59
- Walter Kingsford as Amos Craven
Age at release: 57
- Vernon Steele as Nigel Partridge
Age at release: 57
- Forrester Harvey as Allistair McNab
Age at release: 55
- J.M. Kerrigan as Flinters
Age at release: 54
- Edmund Lowe as Mark Peters
Age at release: 49
- Wendy Barrie as Joan Marplay
Age at release: 27
- Bruce Lester as Lord Noel Stratton
Age at release: 27
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- Wilson Benge as Bradley the Butler (uncredited)
Age at release: 64
- Herbert Evans as Kirby the Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
- John Rogers as Printer (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
- Robert Noble as Inspector Wren
Age at release: 50
- Leyland Hodgson as Dade
Age at release: 46
- Michael Vallon as Wilkes the Editor (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Phyllis Barry as Miss Carson (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Anne Nagel as Laura the Secretary (uncredited)
Age at release: 23
- Denis Greene as Leets (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Alexander Pollard as Eddie the Sanitorium Attendant (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown