The Perfect Crime (1928)
World's weirdest mystery thriller!
A police inspector 'solves' a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
- Date of release
- 1928-08-04
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Director
- Bert Glennon
Casting
- Clive Brook — Benson
- Irene Rich — Stella
- Ethel Wales — Mrs. Frisbie
- Carroll Nye — Trevor
- Gladys McConnell — Mrs. Trevor
- Edmund Breese — Wilmot
- Jim Farley — Jones (as James Farley)
- Phil Gastrock — Butler
- Tully Marshall — Frisbie
- Jane La Verne — Trevor Baby
- Charles K. French — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Lynne Overman — Newlywed (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Perfect Crime is a 1928 American sound part-talkie crime drama film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Clive Brook, Irene Rich and Ethel Wales. The film is loosely based on the 1892 novel The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill.
Production
In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film system.
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