Silent Partner

Silent Partner

SUSPENSE...will chill you, thrill you...as a smooth-talking killer stalks a sleuthing reporter!

1944•56m•7.0/10

Thriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(1)

A newspaper reporter uncovers a killer when he makes contact with the names listed in a dead man's address book.

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Production

Republic Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

William Henry

William Henry

Jeffrey Swales

Beverly Lloyd

Beverly Lloyd

Mary Price

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Bob Ross

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Reilly, The Drunk

Joan Blair

Lady Sylvia Marlowe

Roland Drew

Roland Drew

Harry Keating

George Meeker

George Meeker

R.S. Treavor, Desk Clerk

Wally Vernon

Wally Vernon

Room Service Waiter

John Harmon

John Harmon

Blackie Barton

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Pop

Eddie Fields

Tony, the Junkman

Patricia Knox

Patricia Knox

Dolly Daring

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