Trent's Last Case (1929 film)

1929 film by Howard Hawks

March 31, 1929 (1929-03-31)

Running time

66 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (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.

Premise

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

Cast

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

Preservation status

According to Silent Era, a print exists.^[2] An incomplete print is held by the Library of Congress.^[3]^[4]

References

^ BFI Database
^ SilentEra entry
^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Trent's Last Case
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.189 c.1978 by The American Film Institute