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The Claydon Treasure Mystery

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Directed by
  
Manning Haynes

Written by
  
Edward Dryhurst

Director
  
Manning Haynes

Cinematography
  
Stanley Grant

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Produced by
  
John Findlay

Edited by
  
Fergus McDonell

Running time
  
1h 3m

Editor
  
Fergus McDonell

Based on
  
novel The Shakespeare Murders by Neil Gordon

Starring
  
John StuartGarry MarshAnnie Esmond

Cast
  
Garry Marsh, John Stuart, Annie Esmond

Similar
  
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery is a 1938 film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring John Stuart, Garry Marsh and Evelyn Ankers. 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.

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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

    The Claydon Treasure Mystery Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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