Trunk Crime

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Trunk Crime
Directed by Roy Boulting
Written by
Produced by John Boulting
Starring
Cinematography D.P. Cooper
Edited by
  • Clifford Boote
  • Roy Boulting
Music by Charles Brill
Production
company
Charter Film Productions
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation
Release date
25 September 1939
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

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  1. Wood p.101

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