The Important Witness

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

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.

1933

Action·Adventure·Comedy·Drama·Crime

1h 0min

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Top Billed Cast

Noel Francis
Ellen Kelly
Don Dillaway
Steve Connors
Dorothy Burgess
Ruth Dana
Noel Madison
Gus Miranda
Sarah Padden
Deaf Woman
Franklin Pangborn
Groom
Harry Myers
Drunk
Charles Delaney
Joe Murphy
Paul Fix
Tony
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Red Getchel
Ethel Wales
Bride
Gladys Blake
Mary Dunn
John Deering

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