The Trunk Mystery (1926 film)

The Trunk Mystery
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	December 20, 1926 (1926-12-20) (UK) June 12, 1927 (1927-06-12) (U.S.)
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

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

• 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

1. Wlaschin p.227

Bibliography

• Wlaschin, Ken. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.

External links

• 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