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The Important Witness
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The Important Witness

Jul 15, 1933
1h 0m
★ 5.0

Opening a door by mistake made her "The Important Witness" to the century's most gruesome crime!

Overview

A freelance stenographer is hired for a job, but when she arrives at the address she was given, she finds that a murder has taken place there--and she is arrested for it.

Genres

Action
Adventure
Comedy
Drama
Crime

Production Companies

Tower Productions

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Cast

Noel Francis

Ellen Kelly

Noel Francis

Don Dillaway

Steve Connors

Don Dillaway

Dorothy Burgess

Ruth Dana

Dorothy Burgess

Noel Madison

Gus Miranda

Noel Madison

Sarah Padden

Deaf Woman

Sarah Padden

Franklin Pangborn

Groom

Franklin Pangborn

Robert Ellis

Jack (Duke) Farnham

Robert Ellis

Harry Myers

Drunk

Harry Myers

Charles Delaney

Joe Murphy

Charles Delaney

Paul Fix

Tony

Paul Fix

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Red Getchel

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Ethel Wales

Bride

Ethel Wales