The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938 British film by Manning Haynes
- John Stuart
- Garry Marsh
- Annie Esmond
Production
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Fox-British Pictures
Release date
- 5 September 1938 (1938-09-05) (UK)
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery is a 1938 British crime drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring John Stuart, Garry Marsh and Evelyn Ankers.[2] Murder at a large old manor house attracts the attentions of a mystery writer. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.[3]
Plot
Lady Caroline (Annie Esmond) invites engineer and part-time crime writer Peter Kerrigan (John Stuart) to Marsh Manor to solve a murder. Is the mysterious death of a librarian connected with the Claydon treasure, reputedly hidden on the estate a century earlier?
Cast
- John Stuart as Peter Kerrigan
- Garry Marsh as Sir George Ilford
- Evelyn Ankers as Rosemary Shackleford
- Annie Esmond as Lady Caroline Claydon
- Campbell Gullan as Tollemache
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Lord Claydon
- Finlay Currie as Rubin
- Joss Ambler as Inspector Fleming
- Vernon Harris as Rhodes, the Butler
References
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery in the Internet Movie Database
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The films of Manning Haynes
- Monty Works the Wires (1921)
- The Skipper's Wooing (1922)
- The Head of the Family (1922)
- Sam's Boy (1922)
- A Will and a Way (1922)
- The Monkey's Paw (1923)
- Lawyer Quince (1924)
- Dixon's Return (1924)
- London Love (1926)
- Passion Island (1927)
- The Ware Case (1928)
- Those Who Love (1929)
- Should a Doctor Tell? (1930)
- To Oblige a Lady (1931)
- The Officers' Mess (1931)
- The Old Man (1931)
- Love's Old Sweet Song (1933)
- The Perfect Flaw (1934)
- Smith's Wives (1935)
- Tomorrow We Live (1936)
- Highland Fling (1936)
- Pearls Bring Tears (1937)
- East of Ludgate Hill (1937)
- Coming of Age (1938)
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)
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