Action ·Adventure ·Comedy ·Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1933 · 1h 0m

The Important Witness

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Director
Sam Newfield
Cast
Noel Francis as Ellen Kelly Don Dillaway as Steve Connors Dorothy Burgess as Ruth Dana Noel Madison as Gus Miranda Sarah Padden as Deaf Woman Franklin Pangborn as Groom
Crew
Harry Forbes — Director of Photography Al Clark — Editor Gordon Morris — Story Leslie Simmonds — Producer Sigmund Neufeld — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
murderkillerpublic stenographernight bus
Key Collaborators
Sam Newfield Director Harry Forbes Director of Photography Al Clark Editor Gordon Morris Story Leslie Simmonds Producer Sigmund Neufeld Producer
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