A Silent Witness is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive It is considered a lost film. It was a drama set in Sydney with Cyril Mackay as the hero.
Barrett later claimed this detective drama was the first production in which he had a "free hand".Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35
Barrett referred later to making a film for Wests which dealt with opium smuggling and caused issues with the police. It may have been this movie.
Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.” Cast Cyril Mackay Irby Marshall Charles Lawrence Sydney Stirling Leonard Willey George Bryant Loris Brown
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