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The Witness Chair

WHO WOULD BELIEVE THAT A WOMAN LIKE THIS WOULD KILL A MAN?

1936 1 hour 4 minutes
59/100

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Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.

Released

23rd April 1936

90 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 4 minutes

Finishes at 4:00am

Ratings and awards

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    6/10

  • TMDb Logo

    62%

  • Trakt Logo

    55%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    59%

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Directed by

George Nichols Jr.

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Written by

Rita Weiman, Rian James, Gertrude Purcell

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