Trent's Last Case (1952 film)

For the 1929 film, see Trent's Last Case (1929 film).

Trent's Last Case
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	E.C. Bentley (novel) Pamela Bower
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Michael Wilding Margaret Lockwood Orson Welles John McCallum
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Bill Lewthwaite
Music by	Anthony Collins
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	29 October 1952
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	₤155,903 (UK)

Trent's Last Case (1952) is a British detective film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles and John McCallum. It was based on the novel Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley, and had been filmed previously in the UK with Clive Brook in 1920, and in a 1929 US version.

Plot

A major international financier is found dead at his Hampshire home. The Record newspaper assigns its leading investigative reporter, Phillip Trent, to the case. In spite of the police cordon, he manages to gain entry to the house by posing as a relative. While there he manages to pick up some of the background to the case from Inspector Murch, the Irish detective leading the investigation. Despite Murch's suggestion that the death is suicide, Trent quickly becomes convinced that it was in fact murder.

At the inquest, the coroner swiftly concludes that the deceased, Sigsbee Manderson, had killed himself. Trent, however, is given permission by his editor to continue to pursue the story. His attention is drawn to Manderson's widow, Margaret.

Cast

• Michael Wilding - Phillip Trent
• Margaret Lockwood - Margaret Manderson
• Orson Welles - Sigsbee Manderson
• John McCallum - John Marlowe
• Miles Malleson - Burton Cupples
• Hugh McDermott - Calvin C. Bunner
• Jack McNaughton - Mr Martin, the butler
• Sam Kydd - Inspector Murch
• Henry Edwards - Coroner
• Geoffrey Bayldon - Reporter in court
• Robert Cawdron - PC
• John Chandos - Tim O'Rielly
• Ben Williams - Jimmy, the reporter
• Kenneth Williams - Horace Evans, the junior gardener

External links

• Trent's Last Case (1952) at IMDB