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The Silent Witness Reviews

  • 1932
  • 1 hr 13 mins
  • NR
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Murder yarn with some fine performances. Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen. Sylvia: Helen Mack. Carl: Weldon Heyburn. Anthony: Bramwell Fletcher. Lady Howard: Mary Forbes. Ward: Billy Bevan. Robbins: Montague Shaw. Drinton: Alan Mowbray. Sir John: Wyndham Standsin. Hammer: Herbert Mundin. Marcel Varnel, R.L. Hough directed.

Better-than-average programmer features former matinee idol Atwill in a powerful performance as a father taking the blame for a murder his son is charged with. The son has choked his lover and fled the scene, not realizing she was still alive. It turns out all right for Atwill but not before a grueling courtroom sequence that nicely builds tension and results in a gripping finale. The film was based on a popular London play in which Atwill played the same role.