Trunk Crime
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{{Infobox film
| name = Trunk Crime
| image =
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| director = Roy Boulting
| producer = John Boulting
| writer = {{ubl|Reginald Denham (play)|Edward Percy (play)|Francis Miller}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Manning Whiley|Barbara Everest|Michael Drake}}
| music = Charles Brill
| cinematography = D.P. Cooper
| editing = {{ubl|Clifford Boote|Roy Boulting}}
| studio = Charter Film Productions
| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1939|09|25|df=yes}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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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.Wood p.101 The film's sets were designed by Duncan Sutherland.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- 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
Bibliography
- 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
- {{IMDb title|0032061}}
{{Boulting brothers}}
Category:British thriller films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Roy Boulting
Category:Films shot at Station Road Studios, Elstree
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:English-language thriller films
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