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Design for Murder (1939)

60 min |Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A somewhat unbalanced college student kidnaps the leader of a group of students that has been constantly mocking and harassing him, and plans to bury him alive in a trunk.

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Director

Roy Boulting

Writers

Reginald Denham (play 'The last straw') |Edward Percy (play 'The last straw') |Francis Miller (adaptation)

Producer

John Boulting (producer)

Cinematographer

D.P. Cooper

Editor

Roy Boulting

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Updated 1939 Mar 28

Release date

Nov 27, 1940 (United States)

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15 cast members
Name Known for
Manning Whiley primary photo Manning Whiley Bentley Bentley See fewer The Inheritance (1947)
Barbara Everest primary photo Barbara Everest Ursula Ursula See fewer Gaslight (1944)
Michael Drake primary photo Michael Drake Grierson Grierson See fewer The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
Hay Petrie primary photo Hay Petrie Old Dan Old Dan See fewer Great Expectations (1946)
Thorley Walters primary photo Thorley Walters Huey Frazer Huey Frazer See fewer Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
David Keir primary photo David Keir Quiney Quiney See fewer The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
Howard Douglas primary photo Howard Douglas The landlord The landlord See fewer The Monsters (1962)
Tom Gill primary photo Tom GillUndergraduate Undergraduate See fewer Danger Man (1960)
Lewis Stringer primary photo Lewis StringerHearty, Undergraduate Hearty, Undergraduate See fewer BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Ian Fulton primary photo Ian FultonUndergraduate Undergraduate See fewer Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
Geoffrey Gabriel primary photo Geoffrey GabrielUndergraduate Undergraduate See fewer Pastor Hall (1940)
Eileen Bennett primary photo Eileen Bennett Eve Eve See fewer Thursday's Child (1943)
Pamela Sharpe primary photo Pamela Sharpe Annie Annie See fewer Ladies in Waiting (1939)
Charles Stevenson primary photo Charles Stevenson The porter The porter See fewer Inquest (1939)
Patch primary photo Patch The Dog The Dog See fewer Design for Murder (1939)

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