The Witness Vanishes

The Witness Vanishes

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE DREADED MANIAC!

NR 1939 · 66 min · ★ 7.0 · Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance

In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.

Directed by Otis Garrett · Written by Robertson White

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