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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
 Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1935
Running Times: 70 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Producer: George King
SCRIPT
Script: Randall Faye
DIRECTION
Director: Milton Rosmer
Assistant Directors: Lionel Claff, Pat Walker
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: George Stretton
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Charles Saunders
SOUND
Sound Recordist: John K. Byers
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Simmons
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: D.W. Daniels
LOCATIONS
Studio: Shepperton Studios, England, UK
CAST
Tod Slaughter
(Squire William Corder)
Sophie Stewart (Maria Marten)
D.J. Williams (Farmer Thomas Marten)
Eric Portman (Carlos)
Clare Greet (Mrs Marten)
Gerard Tyrell (Timothy Winterbottom)
Ann Trevor (Nan)
Stella Rho (gypsy crone)
Dennis Hoey (gambling winner)
Quentin McPhearson (Matthew Sennett)
Antonia Brough (Maud Sennett)
Noel Dainton (Officer Steele of the Bow Street Runners)
J. Leslie Frith (lawyer)
Herbert Leonard (compere)
Lester Sharpe (Bandleader Withey)
SUMMARY
Squire William Corder, in a fit of jealous rage, brutally murders his
pregnant lover Maria Marten in 1887 in the Red Barn.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Ambassador Films; MGM-British
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Olympic Pictures Inc
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema
TIMELINE
1936
August
18: USA – theatrical release
1951
June
4: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
November
7: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
1953
October
30: USA - television broadcast
1998
June
20: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Murder in the Old Red Barn
Murder in the Red Barn
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn (1913)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Kine Weekly 11 April 1935 (UK)
review
Variety 1936 (USA)
credits, review
KEYWORDS
barns, true crime
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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