Murder in Trinidad

1934 film by Louis King

Murder in Trinidad

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

Production
company

Fox Film Corporation

Distributed by| Fox Film Corporation

Release date

* May 16, 1934 (1934-05-16)

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]

## Plot

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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.

## Cast

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Victor Jory and Heather Angel.

* Nigel Bruce as Bertram Lynch
* Heather Angel as Joan Cassell
* Victor Jory as Howard Sutter
* Murray Kinnell as Colonel Bruce Cassell
* Douglas Walton as Gregory Bronson
* J. Carrol Naish \- Duval
* Claude King as Sir Ellery Bronson - Governor
* Pat Somerset as Inspector Henley
* Francis Ford as Davenant
* John Davidson as Gookol Moah
* Noble Johnson as Queechie
* Harvey Clark as Getchel
* Perry Ivins as Doctor Barnett
* Paul Panzer as Paolo
* Allan Sears as Hunter
* Arthur Shirley as Customs Doctor
* Maidel Turner as Hysterical Woman
* Jesse Graves as Library Custodian
* Jean Fenwick as Telephone Operator

## References

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1. ^ Murder in Trinidad BFI Database entry, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed August 4, 2015.
2. ^ Solomon p.347
3. ^ Goble p.474
4. ^ Backer p.297

## Bibliography

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* Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.
* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.

## External links

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* Murder in Trinidad at IMDb

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Films directed by Louis King

* Peaceful Peters (1922)
* The Law Rustlers (1923)
* Spawn of the Desert (1923)
* The Slingshot Kid (1927)
* The Boy Rider (1927)
* Rough Ridin' Red (1928)
* Terror Mountain (1928)
* The Fightin' Redhead (1928)
* Orphan of the Sage (1928)
* The Little Buckaroo (1928)
* Young Whirlwind (1928)
* The Pinto Kid (1928)
* The Bantam Cowboy (1928)
* The Freckled Rascal (1929)
* The Vagabond Cub (1929)
* The Lone Rider (1930)
* The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
* Desert Vengeance (1931)
* The County Fair (1932)
* Drifting Souls (1932)
* The Arm of the Law (1932)
* Robbers' Roost (1932)
* Life in the Raw (1933)
* Murder in Trinidad (1934)
* Pursued (1934)
* Bachelor of Arts (1934)
* Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
* Special Investigator (1936)
* Bengal Tiger (1936)
* That Man's Here Again (1937)
* Melody for Two (1937)
* Draegerman Courage (1937)
* Wild Money (1937)
* Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
* Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
* Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
* Tip-Off Girls (1938)
* Hunted Men (1938)
* Prison Farm (1938)
* Illegal Traffic (1938)
* Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
* Persons in Hiding (1939)
* Undercover Doctor (1939)
* Seventeen (1940)
* Typhoon (1940)
* The Way of All Flesh (1940)
* Moon Over Burma (1940)
* Young America (1942)
* Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
* Ladies of Washington (1944)
* Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
* Smoky (1946)
* Thunder in the Valley (1947)
* Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
* Sand (1949)
* Mrs. Mike (1949)
* Frenchie (1950)
* The Lion and the Horse (1952)
* Powder River (1953)
* Sabre Jet (1953)
* Dangerous Mission (1954)
* Massacre (1956)

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