Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935 · Movie · 67 min. · United Kingdom
The film is based on the popular 19th century melodramas about the case and is highly theatrical, with an opening in which all the characters are introduced by a Master of Ceremonies in front of a painted backdrop, but is also slightly more lavishly produced and cinematically inventive than the later films directed by Tod Slaughter's producer George King. Slaughter gives a full-throated over-the-top performance in a calculatedly melodramatic style, encouraging the audience to vicariously share in his villainy; this approach became his trademark and gives his films a cult status of their own peculiar kind.
Direction Milton Rosmer
Cast Tod Slaughter · Sophie Stewart · D.J. Williams · Eric Portman · Clare Greet · Gerard Tyrell · Ann Trevor · Stella Vitelleschi · Dennis Hoey · Quentin McPhearson · Antonia Brough · Noel Dainton
Soundtrack Leo T. Croke
Screenplay Randall Faye
Cinematography George Stretton
Original title Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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