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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Directed byMilton Rosmer
Written byRandall Faye (writer)
Produced byGeorge King (producer)
StarringTod Slaughter
CinematographyGeorge Stretton
Edited byCharles Saunders
Music byLeo T. Croke
Release date
  • 16 August 1936 (1936-08-16)
Running time69 minutes
58 minutes (Ontario, Canada)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (shortened to Murder in the Red Barn) is a 1935 British film melodrama film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Tod Slaughter and Eric Portman. It is based on the true story of the 1827 Red Barn Murder, in which a 25-year-old woman was killed by her lover and her stepmother claimed to have dreamt of the murder the night of the event.

Plot

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William Corder murders country maiden Maria Marten, who is pregnant with his child, in a red barn before burying her body beneath the barn floor. Maria's gypsy lover Carlos is pursued as a suspect, but he brings Corder to justice.

Cast

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Films directed by Milton Rosmer


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