Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn | |
Director: | Milton Rosmer |
Producer: | George King (producer) |
Starring: | Tod Slaughter |
Music: | Leo T. Croke |
Cinematography: | George Stretton |
Editing: | Charles Saunders |
Runtime: | 69 minutes 58 minutes (Ontario, Canada) |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
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.
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.