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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

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Original title

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Year

1935

Running time

67 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Milton Rosmer

Screenwriter

Randall Faye

Cast

Music

Leo T. Croke

Cinematography

George Stretton (B&W)

Producer

George King

Genre

Drama. Thriller. Horror | Melodrama. 19th Century

Synopsis

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.

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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

1935

Milton Rosmer