El testigo

Título original: The Star Witness

1931
Passed
1h 8min

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Walter Huston, Dickie Moore, and Frances Starr in El testigo (1931)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaMembers 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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Nominado para 1 premio Óscar
- 1 nominación en total

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Reparto principal25

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Walter Huston

District Attorney Whitlock

Frances Starr

Ma Leeds

Grant Mitchell

Pa Leeds

Sally Blane

Sue Leeds

Ralph Ince

'Maxey' Campo

Edward J. Nugent

Jackie Leeds

Dickie Moore

Ned Leeds

Nat Pendleton

Big Jack

George Ernest

Donny Leeds

Russell Hopton

Deputy Thorpe

Charles 'Chic' Sale

Private Summerill

Guy D'Ennery

Jack Short - Henchman
(sin acreditar)

Edgar Dearing

Jim Sockett - Policeman
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Mike Donlin

Mickey - Henchman
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Tom Dugan

Deputy Brown
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Robert Elliott

Deputy Williams
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Ben Hall

Orville - Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph
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George Irving

Judge
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Curiosidades
"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.

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

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

Créditos adicionales
Intro: "A neighborhood of plain people - - in an American city of today."

Conexiones
Version of The Man Who Dared (1939)

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

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A terrific little film without a wasted moment in its 68 minutes...

Inexpensive but carefully made, this story of a New York family threatened by gangsters is sharply etched and engrossing. Good acting and great camera work enhance this quickie with a topical slant. The overacting by Chic Sale is outrageous but a lot of fun. A thriller with many comic moments, it displays ample amounts of William Wellman's directorial style. A pulp masterpiece that matches Wellman's "Public Enemy" from the same year.