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Trent's Last Case
1952
Based on the famous novel by E.C. Bentley, Michael Wilding stars as journalist Philip Trent, who is convinced that the death of Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) was really murder. Manderson's wife (Lockwood) and his secretary John Marlowe (John McCallum) are under suspicion but there's a twist in the literary tale. Read more
| Starring | Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Michael Wilding, John McCallum |
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| Director | Herbert Wilcox |
| Genres | Drama |
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Trent's Last Case
Based on the famous novel by E.C. Bentley, Michael Wilding stars as journalist Philip Trent, who is convinced that the death of Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) was really murder. Manderson's wife (Lockwood) and his secretary John Marlowe (John McCallum) are under suspicion but there's a twist in the literary tale.
| Starring | Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Michael Wilding, John McCallum, Miles Malleson, Jack McNaughton, Sam Kydd |
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| Director | Herbert Wilcox |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1952 To Rent: DVD: 28 Jan 2008 |
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Desultory version of a famous novel, with none of the original style and a few naïveties of its own.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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A brilliant British film noir
A delightful surprise. From a slow and static start, this builds into a British film noir comparable to the more celebrated works of Fritz Lang,Edward Dmytryk ... read more »
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Takeover
The first half of this is a well made, well played, pretty standard whodunnit, but the second half is quite spectacularly commandeered by Orson Welles and some ... read more »
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Trent's Last case
Not bad, of its' kind. Michael Wilding is maybe a bit too much of a smoothie, but he excels in this role.
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- 09 Mar 2009 at 15:49
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Do you expect me to believe that?
Old school detective story which had the accolade of being rubbished by name (the book at least) in crime writer Raymond Chandler's famous essay, The Simple... read more »
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Trent's Last Case
Based on the famous novel by E.C. Bentley, Michael Wilding stars as journalist Philip Trent, who is convinced that the death of Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) was really murder. Manderson's wife (Lockwood) and his secretary John Marlowe (John McCallum) are under suspicion but there's a twist in ...
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