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Key Witness is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. Ross Lederman released in USA on 9 october 1947 with John Beal

Key Witness (1947)

Key Witness
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Released in USA 9 october 1947
Length 1h7
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime
Rating58% 2.9392.9392.9392.9392.939

Key Witness is a 1947 American thriller film noir directed by D. Ross Lederman and featuring John Beal, Trudy Marshall, Jimmy Lloyd and Helen Mowery.

Synopsis

A man runs away to avoid suspicion of murder and ends up in more trouble.

Actors

John Beal

(Milton Higby)Trudy Marshall

(Marge Andrews)Barbara Read

(Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed))Wilton Graff

(Albert Loring)Charles Trowbridge

(John Ballin)
And :
Harry Hayden
Selmer Jackson
Robert B. Williams
Stanley Blystone
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