Design for Murder (1939)
1h
Running Time
March 27, 1939Release Date
Plot.
When a wealthy, lonely university music student is beaten and has his apartment trashed by a fellow dorm resident-bully and his gang, he goes mad, lures the bully into his room on pretense of forgiveness, slips him a paralyzing agent in a drink, throws him in a trunk and locks him in, and taunts the bully with the promise that he will be buried alive in the trunk. Only, once he gets his trunk and his prey to his country estate, the vengeful victim finds things keep going wrong..
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Cast & Crew.
![Manning Whiley](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/198813-manning-whiley.webp)
Manning Whiley
Bentley, the student
![Barbara Everest](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48702-barbara-everest.webp)
Barbara Everest
Ursula
![Thorley Walters](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8311-thorley-walters.webp)
Thorley Walters
Huey Frazer
![Michael Drake](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Drake
Grierson, the bully
![Hay Petrie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36886-hay-petrie.webp)
Hay Petrie
Old Dan
![David Keir](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Keir
Quiney
![Tom Gill](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/166640-tom-gill.webp)
Tom Gill
One of Grierson's Friends
![Lewis Stringer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lewis Stringer
One of Grierson's Friends
![Ian Fulton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ian Fulton
One of Grierson's Friends
![Geoffrey Gabriel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Geoffrey Gabriel
One of Grierson's Friends
![Eileen Bennett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/785409-eileen-bennett.webp)
Eileen Bennett
Eve
![Howard Douglas](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/62678-howard-douglas.webp)
Howard Douglas
The Landlord
![Pamela Sharpe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pamela Sharpe
Annie, the barmaid
![Charles Stephenson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Stephenson
The porter
![Patch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Patch
The Dog
![Roy Boulting](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/67772-roy-boulting.webp)
Roy Boulting
Director / Editor
![D. P. Cooper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
D. P. Cooper
Director of Photography
![D.P. Cooper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
D.P. Cooper
Cinematographer
![S. MacNally](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
S. MacNally
Sound Recordist
![Duncan Sutherland](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Duncan Sutherland
Art Direction
![John Boulting](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/59974-john-boulting.webp)
John Boulting
Producer
![Edward Percy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Percy
Other
![Reginald Denham](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/111849-reginald-denham.webp)
Reginald Denham
Other
![Francis Miller](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Francis Miller
Adaptation
Details.
Release DateMarch 27, 1939
Original NameTrunk Crime
StatusReleased
Running Time1h
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
revenge
poison
bully
bully victim
psycho
drunkenness
Wiki.
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. The film's sets were designed by Duncan Sutherland.
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