Secret Evidence
1941-01-31 · 63 min · ★ 7.5
A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.
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- William Nigh
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- United States of America
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Marjorie ReynoldsLinda Wilson
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggartTony Baxter
Charles QuigleyDavid Harrison
Dorothy VaughanMrs. Wilson
Kenneth HarlanFrank Billings
Donald CurtisDet. Murphy
Kitty McHughMaizie
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