Trunk Crime

Trunk Crime
Directed by	Roy Boulting
Produced by	John Boulting
Written by	Reginald Denham (play) Edward Percy (play) Francis Miller
Starring	Manning Whiley Barbara Everest Michael Drake
Music by	Charles Brill
Cinematography	D.P. Cooper
Edited by	Clifford Boote Roy Boulting
Production company	Charter Film Productions
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation
Release dates	25 September 1939
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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. 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

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

• Trunk Crime at IMDb