The Witness Chair (1936)
WHO WOULD BELIEVE THAT A WOMAN LIKE THIS WOULD KILL A MAN?
64 min
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.
- Release date
- April 23, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ann Harding as Paula Young
- Walter Abel as James 'Jim' Trent
- Douglass Dumbrille as Stanley Whittaker
- Frances Sage as Constance 'Connie' Trent
- Moroni Olsen as Lieutenant Poole
- Margaret Hamilton as Grace Franklin
- Maxine Jennings as Tillie Jones
- William 'Billy' Benedict as Benny Ryan
- Paul Harvey as Prosecuting Attorney Martin
- Murray Kinnell as Defense Attorney Conrick
Crew
- George Nicholls Jr. · Director
- Rita Weiman · Writer
- Rian James · Writer
- Gertrude Purcell · Writer
- Robert De Grasse · Cinematographer
- William Morgan · Editor