The Secret Witness

{{short description|1931 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Secret Witness

| image =File:The Secret Witness.jpg

| caption =

| director = Thornton Freeland

| producer = J. G. Bachmann

| writer = Sam Spewack

| narrator =

| starring = Una Merkel
William Collier Jr.
Zasu Pitts

| music =

| cinematography = Robert H. Planck

| editing = Louis Sackin

| studio = Famous Attractions

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1931|12|12}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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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.Goble p. 946 It is an adaptation of the novel Murder in the Gilded Cage by Sam Spewack.

Plot

A man is found murdered in his luxury apartment. His neighbors believe that the wrong man has been arrested and set out to solve the crime.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.