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The Witness Chair (1936)
Directed by George Nichols Jr.
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 64 minutes
Actors
Ann Harding | Walter Abel | Douglass Dumbrille | Margaret Hamilton | Frances Sage | Moroni Olsen | William Benedict | Paul Harvey | Frank Jenks | Murray Kinnell | Charles Arnt | Maxine Jennings | William Bailey | Barlowe Borland | Alan Curtis | Jack Gargan | Fred Kelsey | Mike Lally | Louise Latimer | Edward LeSaint | Arthur Loft | Thomas Martin | George Offerman Jr. | Hilda Vaughn