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
- 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
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0022358}}
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Category:Films directed by Thornton Freeland
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
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