Rent Trent's Last Case (1952)
3.1 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
- A society woman (Margaret Lockwood) is accused of murdering her businessman husband (Orson Welles). Called to piece the clues together is Philip Trent (Michael Wilding), a gentle-manly sleuth on the verge of retirement. Trent's Last Case is in many ways the prototype for the modern whodunnit, Wilcox sprinkles the clues and red herrings with a reliably steady hand. Appearing in a series of flashbacks, Welles gives his usual scene-stealing turn, masterfully creating a thoroughly unsympathetic victim just begging to be bumped off.
- Actors:
- Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, John McCallum, Miles Malleson, Hugh McDermott, Jack McNaughton, Sam Kydd
- Directors:
- Herbert Wilcox
- Writers:
- Pamela Bower, E.C. Bentley
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1902-62, The Instant Expert's Guide to Howard Hawks, Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s
