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3 References  





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The Secret Witness






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The Secret Witness
Directed byThornton Freeland
Written bySam Spewack
Produced byJ.G. Bachmann
StarringUna Merkel
William Collier Jr.
Zasu Pitts
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byLouis Sackin

Production
company

Famous Attractions

Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

  • December 12, 1931 (1931-12-12)

Running time

66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel Murder in the Gilded CagebySam Spewack.

Plot

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p. 946

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