The Witness Chair
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1936-04-23
Runtime: 64 mins
Director: George Nichols Jr.
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: The Witness Chair
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
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
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