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70, 000 Witnesses

Original title: 70,000 Witnesses
  • 19321932
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 9m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
68
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Johnny Mack Brown in 70, 000 Witnesses (1932)
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College football player (Phillips Holmes)is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother(Lew Cody).He refuses, but they player is doped anyway,and collapses and dies. A Detec... Read allCollege football player (Phillips Holmes)is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother(Lew Cody).He refuses, but they player is doped anyway,and collapses and dies. A Detective (David Landau) has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.College football player (Phillips Holmes)is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother(Lew Cody).He refuses, but they player is doped anyway,and collapses and dies. A Detective (David Landau) has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
68
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    • Ralph Murphy
  • Writers
    • Cortland Fitzsimmons(novel)
    • Garrett Fort(screenplay)
    • Robert N. Lee(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillips Holmes
    • Dorothy Jordan
    • Charles Ruggles
    • Ralph Murphy
  • Writers
    • Cortland Fitzsimmons(novel)
    • Garrett Fort(screenplay)
    • Robert N. Lee(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillips Holmes
    • Dorothy Jordan
    • Charles Ruggles
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    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Johnny Mack Brown, Phillips Holmes, and Ralph Murphy in 70, 000 Witnesses (1932)
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    Johnny Mack Brown, Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, David Landau, Charles Ruggles, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in 70, 000 Witnesses (1932)

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    Phillips Holmes
    Phillips Holmes
    • Buck Buchan
    Dorothy Jordan
    Dorothy Jordan
    • Dorothy Clark
    Charles Ruggles
    Charles Ruggles
    • Johnny Moran
    • (as Charlie Ruggles)
    Johnny Mack Brown
    Johnny Mack Brown
    • Wally Clark
    Lew Cody
    Lew Cody
    • Slip Buchanan
    David Landau
    David Landau
    • Dan McKenna
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    • State Coach
    • (as J. Farrell McDonald)
    Kenneth Thomson
    Kenneth Thomson
    • Dr. Collins
    • (as Kenneth Thompson)
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    • Connors
    • (as Guinn Williams)
    Walter Hiers
    Walter Hiers
    • Old Grad
    Paul Page
    Paul Page
    • Greenwood
    Reed Howes
    Reed Howes
    • Southard
    George Rosener
    George Rosener
    • Ortello
    • (as George Rosner)
    William Arnold
      Harry C. Bradley
      Harry C. Bradley
      • Train Conductor
      • (uncredited)
      Stuart Erwin
      Stuart Erwin
      • Man talking to Guinn Williams near start
      • (uncredited)
      Mary Gordon
      Mary Gordon
      • Scrubwoman
      • (uncredited)
      John David Horsley
      John David Horsley
      • Griffith
      • (uncredited)
        • Ralph Murphy
      • Writers
        • Cortland Fitzsimmons(novel)
        • Garrett Fort(screenplay)
        • Robert N. Lee(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
      • Connections
        Referenced in Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)

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      6/10
      And Not One Saw What Happened
      It's the big college football game and gambler Lew Cody needs an upset to win big. He's got an inside track: no one, he thinks, knows his brother is Phillips Holmes, a key player on the team, and best friend of the quarterback, Johnny Mack Brown. He gives Holmes a vial that he says contains a harmless bromide that will put Brown out of the game. The net day, Brown is running a big play and drops dead on the field; his brain has exploded. It's up to e-New York cop David Landau to figure out what happened, with the help of his pal, drunk reporter Charles Ruggles.

      It's a well written programmer; I couldn't figure out what had happened until a couple of minutes before Landau cracked open the case. The film is populated by the great character actors that Paramount threw into their ordinary productions, including J. Farrell MaDonald, Stu Erwin and Mary Gordon.

      I found the most interesting factor in the staff behind the camera, many of whom would go on to make superior westerns over the net three decades. Harry Joe Brown is one of the producers, and Joseph Kane is the editor. It's a titled assembled movie that kept me interested throughout.
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      • Release date
        • September 9, 1932 (United States)
        • United States
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
      • Production company
        • Paramount Pictures
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      • 1 hour 9 minutes
        • Black and White

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