Trunk Crime is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Manning Whiley, Barbara Everest and Michael Drake. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.[1] The film's sets were designed by Duncan Sutherland.
| Trunk Crime | |
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| Directed by | Roy Boulting |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | John Boulting |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | D.P. Cooper |
| Edited by |
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| Music by | Charles Brill |
Production company | Charter Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- Manning Whiley as Bentley
- Barbara Everest as Ursula
- Michael Drake as Grierson
- Hay Petrie as Old Dan
- Thorley Walters as Huey Frazer
- David Keir as Quiney
- Howard Douglas as The landlord
- Tom Gill as Undergraduate
- Lewis Stringer as Hearty, Undergraduate
- Ian Fulton as Undergraduate
- Geoffrey Gabriel as Undergraduate
- Eileen Bennett as Eve
- Pamela Sharpe as Annie
- Charles Stephenson as The porter
- Patch as The Dog
References
edit- ^ Wood p.101
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
edit- Trunk Crime at IMDb
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