Murder in Trinidad | |
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Directed by | Louis King |
Written by | Seton I. Miller |
Based on | Murder in Trinidad by John Vandercook |
Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
Starring | Nigel Bruce Heather Angel Victor Jory Murray Kinnell |
Cinematography | Barney McGill |
Edited by | Alfred DeGaetano |
Music by | David Buttolph |
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Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Murder in Trinidad is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis King and starring Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel, Victor Jory, and Murray Kinnell.[1] It was produced and distributed by Fox Film.[2] It is based on the 1933 novel Murder in Trinidad by John Vandercook, which provided the loose inspiration for the later films Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) and The Caribbean Mystery (1945).[3][4]
Bertram Lynch, a seemingly slow-witted detective, is called in by the Governor of Trinidad to investigate stolen Brazilian diamonds that are being smuggled through the island. When the Governor is then murdered, Lynch leads the search for the culprit with the assistance of Joan, the girlfriend of the Governor's nephew.