Silence
Every move a heart throb! Every word a heart thrill!
NR 1931 · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama, Crime
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier · Written by Max Marcin
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Clive Brook Jim Warren -
Peggy Shannon Norma Davis / Norma Powers -
Charles Starrett Arthur Lawrence -
Willard Robertson Phil Powers -
John Wray Harry Silvers -
Frank Sheridan Joel Clarke -
Paul Nicholson Walter Pritchard - J John M. Sullivan Father Ryan
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Ben Taggart Alderman Conners - J John Craig 'Fake' Chaplain
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Charles Trowbridge Mallory -
Wade Boteler Detective
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