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The Silent Witness is a film of genre Crime directed by Marcel Varnel released in USA on 7 february 1932 with Lionel Atwill

The Silent Witness (1932)

The Silent Witness
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Released in USA 7 february 1932
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Genres Crime
Rating60% 3.003663.003663.003663.003663.00366

The Silent Witness is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen and Helen Mack. It was adapted from a play by Jack DeLeon and Jack Celestin.

Synopsis

L'histoire d'un homme qui essai de protéger son fils de l'accusation de meurtre, assume sa culpabilité.

Actors

Lionel Atwill

(Sir Austin Howard)Greta Nissen

(Nora Selmer)Mary Forbes

(Lady Howard)Wyndham Standing

(Sir John Lawson--Barrister)Helen Mack

(Sylvia Pierce)
And :
Bramwell Fletcher
Alan Mowbray
Billy Bevan
Charles Montague Shaw
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