The Star Witness

1931
Passed
1 Std. 8 Min.

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Walter Huston, Dickie Moore, and Frances Starr in The Star Witness (1931)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMembers of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.

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6,2/10

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Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
"Variety" reported that the film was rushed into release because of a gang shooting in Harlem in which several children were shot and the police could not get witnesses to talk. The Motion Picture Herald also reported that Warner Bros. gave the proceeds of the first two performances at The Winter Garden to the families of the children who were shot during gang warfare in Little Italy.

Patzer
Two men are shot in the back while running away, but they clutch their chests as they fall down.

Zitate
Big Jack: How'd ya like to take your family and go on a vacation, say to California? Sunshine, flowers, acavados. You know?

Crazy Credits
Intro: "A neighborhood of plain people - - in an American city of today."

Verbindungen
Version of The Man Who Dared (1939)

Soundtracks
Yankee Doodle
(ca. 1755) (uncredited)
Traditional music of English origin
Played often on a fife by Charles 'Chic' Sale

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7/10

Charles "Chic" Sales is terrific as the title character in this Oscar-nominated story about civic duty versus personal safety.

Charles "Chic" Sales is absolutely terrific as the sole member of the Leeds family willing to testify against a gangster they saw murder a policeman and an informant. He fought at Bull Run in the Civil War and his patriotism runs high, even after his son-in-law is beaten and one of his grandson's is kidnapped by the gang, intimidating all the other members. Fear of his grandson's death is no excuse, he says. He wouldn't want his grandson living in a country run by gangsters anyway. The conflict between civic duty and personal safety is driven home sharply in this Oscar-nominated story. Walter Huston is also a standout as the hard driving district attorney threatening the family with perjury if they don't back up their identification of the killer in court. The rest of the cast, including the sleazy killer, Ralph Ince, are all excellent, and the film is snappily directed by William A. Wellman. There's also good suspense, as Sales disappears just as the trial is about to begin.