Silent Partner(1944)
SUSPENSE...will chill you, thrill you...as a smooth-talking killer stalks a sleuthing reporter!
A newspaper reporter uncovers a killer when he makes contact with the names listed in a dead man's address book.
Movie: Silent Partner
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jeffrey Swales
Mary Price
Bob Ross
Reilly, The Drunk
Harry Keating
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