Design for Murder (1939)
Design for Murder (1939)
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

Manning Whiley Manning Whiley As: Bentley, the student
Barbara Everest Barbara Everest As: Ursula
Thorley Walters Thorley Walters As: Huey Frazer
Michael Drake Michael Drake As: Grierson, the bully
Hay Petrie Hay Petrie As: Old Dan
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Storyline

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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Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Crime

Language: English

Release Date: 27 March 1939

Country: GB

Runtime: 60m

Company Credits

Company: Charter Films Ltd.

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Cast

Manning Whiley

Manning Whiley

Bentley, the student

Barbara Everest

Barbara Everest

Ursula

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Huey Frazer

Michael Drake

Michael Drake

Grierson, the bully

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Old Dan

David Keir

David Keir

Quiney

Tom Gill

Tom Gill

One of Grierson's Friends

Lewis Stringer

Lewis Stringer

One of Grierson's Friends

Ian Fulton

Ian Fulton

One of Grierson's Friends

Geoffrey Gabriel

Geoffrey Gabriel

One of Grierson's Friends

Eileen Bennett

Eileen Bennett

Eve

Howard Douglas

Howard Douglas

The Landlord

Pamela Sharpe

Pamela Sharpe

Annie, the barmaid

Charles Stephenson

Charles Stephenson

The porter

Patch

Patch

The Dog

Directed By

Roy Boulting

Roy Boulting

Director

Victor Gammon

Victor Gammon

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

George Turner

George Turner

Makeup Artist

Sound

S. MacNally

S. MacNally

Sound Recordist

Charles Brill

Charles Brill

Music Director

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

D. P. Cooper

D. P. Cooper

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Duncan Sutherland

Duncan Sutherland

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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