Trent's Last Case | |
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Directed by | Howard Hawks |
Written by | W. Scott Darling Malcolm Stuart Boylan Beulah Marie Dix |
Based on | Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley |
Produced by | William Fox Bertram Millhauser |
Starring | Raymond Griffith Marceline Day Raymond Hatton Donald Crisp |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
Trent's Last Case is a 1929 American sound part-talkie Pre-Code detective film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Raymond Griffith, Marceline Day, Raymond Hatton, and Donald Crisp. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system. [1]
The film is based on the 1913 novel Trent's Last Case by British writer E. C. Bentley. A previous version starring Clive Brook was filmed in the UK in 1920 and released by Stoll Film Company.
A leading financier is found dead at his home, leading amateur detective Philip Trent to investigate the case.
According to Silent Era, a print exists. [2] An incomplete print is held by the Library of Congress. [3] [4]
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