UK, 1938
64m 10s
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
A British fantasy film directed by H. Manning Haynes.
Plot Summary
Peter Kerrigan visits a remote spooky mansion to help investigate the disappearance of a librarian whose predecessor has been murdered. He also gets involved in the hunt for the family’s long lost treasure.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: H. Manning Haynes
Fox-British Pictures
Producer: John Findlay
Script: Edward Dryhurst
Novel: The Shakespeare Murders by Neil Gordon
Director of Photography: Stanley Grant
Editor: Fergus McDonell
Cast
John Stuart (Peter Kerrigan)
Garry Marsh (Sir George Ilford)
Annie Esmond (Lady Caroline Claydon)
Evelyn Ankers (Rosemary Shackleford)
Campbell Gullan (Tollemache)
Aubrey Mallalieu (Lord Claydon)
Finlay Currie (Rubin)
Joss Ambler (Inspector Fleming)
Vernon Harris (Rhodes)
Richard Perry (Sergeant Midgley)
Ian Fleming (Dr Cleveland)
Valentine Dunn (Margaret McGregor)
John Laurie (Wilson)
Roy Russell
Ernest Borrow
Aubrey Pollock
Donald Wolfit [Esmond] *
Wilfrid Hyde-White [Holmes] *
References
Periodicals
- Kinematograph Weekly no.1611 (3 March 1938) – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.5 no.51 (March 1938) p.65 – credits, review
