Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
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Directors
Milton Rosmer
Cast
Tod Slaughter
The story
Squire of the village William Corder gets village maiden Maria into trouble. Believing her seducer is her admirer Carlos, a gyspy, her father throws her out of the house. When she turns to the Squire, in fear of exposure he murders her in a barn and buries the body, in the hope that Carlos will be the main suspect.
Genres
crime film, drama film
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