Silent Partner

Jun 9, 1944

0h 56m

★ 0.0

SUSPENSE...will chill you, thrill you...as a smooth-talking killer stalks a sleuthing reporter!

Overview

A newspaper reporter uncovers a killer when he makes contact with the names listed in a dead man's address book.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Jeffrey Swales

William Henry

Mary Price

Beverly Lloyd

Bob Ross

Grant Withers

Reilly, The Drunk

Ray Walker

Lady Sylvia Marlowe

Joan Blair

Harry Keating

Roland Drew

R.S. Treavor, Desk Clerk

George Meeker

Room Service Waiter

Wally Vernon

Blackie Barton

John Harmon

Pop

Dick Elliott

Tony, the Junkman

Eddie Fields

Dolly Daring

Patricia Knox

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

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