Design for Murder

1h

Crime

When a wealthy, lonely university music student is beaten and has his apartment trashed by a fellow dorm resident-bully and his gang, he goes mad, lures the bully into his room on pretense of forgiveness, slips him a paralyzing agent in a drink, throws him in a trunk and locks him in, and taunts the bully with the promise that he will be buried alive in the trunk. Only, once he gets his trunk and his prey to his country estate, the vengeful victim finds things keep going wrong...

Cast

Manning Whiley

Manning Whiley

Bentley, the student
Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Huey Frazer
Michael Drake

Michael Drake

Grierson, the bully
Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Old Dan
Tom Gill

Tom Gill

One of Grierson's Friends
Lewis Stringer

Lewis Stringer

One of Grierson's Friends
Ian Fulton

Ian Fulton

One of Grierson's Friends
Geoffrey Gabriel

Geoffrey Gabriel

One of Grierson's Friends
Howard Douglas

Howard Douglas

The Landlord
Pamela Sharpe

Pamela Sharpe

Annie, the barmaid
Patch

Patch

The Dog

Release date

27th Mar 1939

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English