70,000 Witnesses (1932)
First Football Murder Mystery!
College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
Director: Ralph Murphy
Genre: Mystery
Runtime: 71 min
Release Date: September 9, 1932
Cast
- Phillips Holmes - Buck Buchan
- Dorothy Jordan - Dorothy Clark
- Charles Ruggles - Johnny Moran
- Johnny Mack Brown - Wally Clark
- Lew Cody - Slip Buchanan
- David Landau - Dan McKenna
- J. Farrell MacDonald - State Coach
- Kenneth Thomson - Dr. Collins
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams - Connors
- Paul Page - Greenwood
Screenplay
- Robert N. Lee (Screenplay)
- Garrett Fort (Screenplay)
- Cortland Fitzsimmons (Novel)
Music: Harold Lewis
Cinematography: Henry Sharp
Editing: Joseph Kane
Production: Paramount Pictures
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Original Language: en
Keywords
american football, doping, murder, racketeering
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 70,000 Witnesses about?
- College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
- Who directed 70,000 Witnesses?
- 70,000 Witnesses was directed by Ralph Murphy.
- Who stars in 70,000 Witnesses?
- 70,000 Witnesses stars Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Ruggles, Johnny Mack Brown, Lew Cody, David Landau.
- How long is 70,000 Witnesses?
- 70,000 Witnesses has a runtime of 1h 11m (71 minutes).
- What genre is 70,000 Witnesses?
- 70,000 Witnesses is a Mystery film.
- Where was 70,000 Witnesses produced?
- 70,000 Witnesses was produced in United States of America.