| The Claydon Treasure Mystery | |
| Director: | Manning Haynes |
| Producer: | John Findlay |
| Based On: | novel The Shakespeare Murders by Neil Gordon[1] |
| Cinematography: | Stanley Grant |
| Editing: | Fergus McDonell |
| Studio: | Fox-British Pictures |
| Distributor: | Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK) |
| Runtime: | 63 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Claydon Treasure Mystery is a 1938 British crime drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring John Stuart, Garry Marsh and Evelyn Ankers.[2] Murder at a large old manor house attracts the attentions of a mystery writer. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.[3]
Lady Caroline (Annie Esmond) invites engineer and part-time crime writer Peter Kerrigan (John Stuart) to Marsh Manor to solve a murder. Is the mysterious death of a librarian connected with the Claydon treasure, reputedly hidden on the estate a century earlier?