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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn ( 1935 )

"Sensational! Eerie! Sinister! Weird! The most unusual picture of the year!"

★5.4 /10 _(15.0)

67 min ● Aug 18, 1935 ● English

Overview

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.

Top Cast

Tod Slaughter

Squire William Corder

Sophie Stewart

Maria Marten

D.J. Williams

Farmer Thomas Marten

Eric Portman

Carlos, the gypsy

Clare Greet

Mrs. Marten

Gerard Tyrell

Timothy Winterbottom

Ann Trevor

Nan, the maid

Stella Rho

Gypsy Crone

Dennis Hoey

Gambling Winner

Quinton McPherson

Quinton McPherson

Matthew Sennett (as Quentin McPhearson)

Antonia Brough

Maud Sennett

Noel Dainton

Officer Steele of the Bow Street Runners

J. Leslie Frith

J. Leslie Frith

Lawyer

Herbert Leonard

Herbert Leonard

Compere

Lester Sharpe

Bandleader Withey

Tom Payne

Jailer (uncredited)

Gerrard Tyrell

Bit part (uncredited)

George Spence

Fiddler (uncredited)