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The Witness Chair

The Witness Chair

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 23, 1936

Runtime

1h 4m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Witness Chair

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

George Nichols Jr.

Description

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.