The Claydon Treasure Mystery

The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Directed by	Manning Haynes
Produced by	John Findlay
Written by	Edward Dryhurst
Based on	novel The Shakespeare Murders by Neil Gordon^[1]
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 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

↑ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
↑ "The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)".
↑ 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

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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