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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.Wood p.94

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.


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