The Secret Witness

The Secret Witness
Directed by	Thornton Freeland
Written by	Sam Spewack
Starring	Una Merkel William Collier Jr. Zasu Pitts
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Edited by	Louis Sackin
Production company	Famous Attractions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	December 12, 1931
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 Cage by Sam Spewack. 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.

Cast

Una Merkel as Lois Martin
William Collier Jr. as Arthur Jones aka Casey
Zasu Pitts as Bella
Purnell Pratt as Capt. McGowan
Ralf Harolde as Lewis Leroy
Clyde Cook as Larson - Building Engineer
June Clyde as Tess Jones
Nat Pendleton as Gunner - Bodyguard
Clarence Muse as Jeff - Building Janitor
Hooper Atchley as Herbert 'Bert' Folsom
Billy Bletcher as Radio Announcer's Voice
Mike Donlin as Mike - Speakeasy Proprietor
James Durkin as Detective
Greta Granstedt as Moll
Henry Hall as Police Commissioner Martin
Paul Hurst as Officer Brannigan
Rita La Roy as Sylvia Folsom
Maston Williams as Contact Detective

References

↑ Goble p. 946

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

The Secret Witness at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Thornton Freeland

Three Live Ghosts (1929)
Be Yourself! (1930)
Whoopee! (1930)
Six Cylinder Love (1931)
The Secret Witness (1931)
The Unexpected Father (1932)
Love Affair (1932)
Week-End Marriage (1932)
The Way of Life (1932)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
George White's Scandals (1934)
Brewster's Millions (1935)
The Amateur Gentleman (1936)
Accused (1936)
Skylarks (1936)
Jericho (1937)
Paradise for Two (1937)
Hold My Hand (1938)
Over the Moon (1939)
So This Is London (1939)
The Gang's All Here (1940)
Too Many Blondes (1941)
Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)
Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
The Brass Monkey (1948)
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)

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