Trunk Crime

1939 British film

Reginald Denham (play)
Edward Percy (play)
Francis Miller

Produced byJohn BoultingStarring

Manning Whiley
Barbara Everest
Michael Drake

CinematographyD.P. CooperEdited by

Clifford Boote
Roy Boulting

Music byCharles Brill

Production
company

Charter Film Productions

Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation

Release date

25 September 1939 (1939-09-25)

Running time

60 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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.

Cast

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

^ Wood p.101

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.