The Claydon Treasure Mystery

The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Directed by	Manning Haynes
Written by	Edward Dryhurst
Based on	novel The Shakespeare Murders by Neil Gordon [1]
Produced by	John Findlay
Starring	John Stuart Garry Marsh Annie Esmond
Cinematography	Stanley Grant
Edited by	Fergus McDonell
Production company	Fox-British Pictures
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK)
Release date	5 September 1938 (1938-09-05)(UK)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

1. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
2. "The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)". Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.
3. Wood p.94

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