The Trunk Mystery (1926 film)

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The Trunk Mystery
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Directed by Frank Hall Crane
Written by Frederick Chapin
Forrest Sheldon
Starring Charles Hutchison
Alice Calhoun
Otto Lederer
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Production
company
Pathé Exchange
Distributed by Pathe Exchange
Woolf and Freedman (UK)
Release dates
December 20, 1926 (UK)
June 12, 1927
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Trunk Mystery is a 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Charles Hutchison, Alice Calhoun and Otto Lederer. [1] It premiered in Britain in late 1926 before being released in America the following year.

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Synopsis

A former secret agent acquired a trunk at a police auction, and the same night his house is robbed. It becomes apparent that some criminals stashed their loot in the trunk a few years before.

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References

  1. Wlaschin p.227

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