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Trents Last Case (1929 film)

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Director
  
Howard Hawks

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Trents Last Case (1929 film) movie poster

Writer
  
E. C. Bentley
,
W. Scott Darling
,
Malcolm Stuart Boylan

Release date
  
March 31, 1929 (1929-03-31) (U.S.)

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Trent's Last Case (1929) is an American 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. The film was released in a silent version and a sound version, with the sound version having talking sequences, a synchronized music score, and sound effects.

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The film is based on the 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.

Plot

A leading financier is found dead at his home, leading amateur detective Philip Trent to investigate the case.

Cast

  • Raymond Griffith - Philip Trent
  • Marceline Day - Evelyn Manderson
  • Raymond Hatton - Joshua Cupples
  • Donald Crisp - Sigsbee Manderson
  • Lawrence Gray - Jack Marlowe
  • Nicholas Soussanin - Martin
  • Anita Garvin - Ottilie Dunois
  • Edgar Kennedy - Inspector Murch

    • Preservation status

    According to Silent Era, a print exists.

    References

    Trent's Last Case (1929 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Trents Last Case (1929 film) IMDb Trents Last Case (1929 film) themoviedb.org


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