The Trunk Mystery (1926 film)
Appearance
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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 |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent 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.
Synopsis
[edit]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.
Cast
[edit]- Charles Hutchison as Jim Manning
- Alice Calhoun as Marion Hampton
- Richard Neill as Joe Fawcett
- Ben Walker as Turner
- Ford Sterling as Jeff
- Otto Lederer as Stevanov
- Charles W. Mack as John Hampton
References
[edit]- ^ Wlaschin p.227
Bibliography
[edit]- Wlaschin, Ken. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.
External links
[edit]- The Trunk Mystery at IMDb
- The Trunk Mystery at the TCM Movie Database
- The Trunk Mystery at AllMovie
- The Trunk Mystery at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films