Trunk Crime

Trunk Crime - 1939 | 60mins | Thriller | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Roy Boulting.
Producer: John Boulting.
Script: Francis Miller. (from the play by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy)
Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper.
Film Editing: Clifford Boote.

The Cast

Manning Whiley - Bentley
Barbara Everest - Ursula
Michael Drake - Grierson
Thorley Walters - Frazier
Hay Petrie - Old Dan

Plot Synopsis

A macabre Boulting Brothers thriller. Highly-strung university undergraduate, Bentley (Manning Whiley), plans grim revenge for a merciless mocking by drugging the student ringleader, Grierson (Michael Drake), and burying him alive in a trunk. Fortunately, tenants at the student’s cottage discover the dazed victim just in time.