The Feathered Serpent (1934 film)

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The Feathered Serpent
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Written by
Based onnovel The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace
Produced byA. George Smith
Starring
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Production
company
George Smith Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • December 1934 (1934-12)(UK)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Feathered Serpent is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Enid Stamp-Taylor, Tom Helmore and Moore Marriott. [1] A reporter faces a race against time to clear an actress accused of murder. It is based on the 1927 novel The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace. [2]

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References

  1. "The Feathered Serpent (1934)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 via Google Books.