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The Secret Witness is a american film of genre Drama directed by Thornton Freeland released in USA on 12 december 1931 with Una Merkel

The Secret Witness (1931)

The Secret Witness
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Released in USA 12 december 1931
Length 1h6
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating59% 2.954112.954112.954112.954112.95411

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

Actors

Una Merkel

(Lois Martin)William Collier Jr.

(Arthur Jones aka Casey)Zasu Pitts

(Bella)Purnell Pratt

(Capt. McGowan)Ralf Harolde

(Lewis Leroy)
And :
Clyde Wilfred Cook
June Clyde
Nat Pendleton
Clarence Muse
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