Star Witness (1931)
- Starring:
- Walter Huston, Charles "Chic" Sale, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
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Synopsis of Star Witness
Star Witness starts out as a homey family comedy and develops into a rather gutsy thriller. Chic Sale plays a cantankerous Civil War veteran who, while visiting his family, witnesses a gangland shooting. The rest of the family also gets a good look at the gang boss (Ralph Ince) and everyone agrees to testify in court. But the criminals terrorize the father (Grant Mitchell), after failing to bribe him. To insure pa's silence, his son (Dickie Moore) is kidnaped But Grandpa is not easily cowed, and it is he who goes before the jury to expose the crooks. He also engineers the rescue of his grandson (a surprisingly credible sequence). Star Witness was remade as I Am Not Afraid in 1939, with updated dialogue equating American gangsters with Hitler and Mussolini. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Star Witness
- Walter Huston - Dist. Atty. Whitlock
- Frances Starr - Ma Leeds
- Sally Blane - Sue Leeds
- Ralph Ince - Maxey Campo
- George Ernest - Ned Leeds
- Edgar Dearing - Sackett
- Fletcher Norton - Dopey
- Robert Elliott - Williams
- George Irving - Judge
- Tom Dugan - Brown
- Guy D'Ennery - Jack Short
- Charles "Chic" Sale - Granded Summerville
- Grant Mitchell - Pa Leeds
- Eddie Nugent - Jackie Leeds
- Dickie Moore - Donny Leeds
- William Wellman - Company Workman
- Nat Pendleton - Big Jack
- Noel Madison - Horan
- Russell Hopton - Deputy Thorpe
- Mike Donlin - Mickey
- Allan Lane - Clerk
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
- Writer(s):
- Lucien Hubbard
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