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The Third Clue

1934 film

Michael Barringer
Lance Sieveking
Frank Atkinson

Based onnovel The Shakespeare Murders by Neil GordonProduced byErnest GartsideStarring

Molly Lamontn
Basil Sydney
Raymond Lovell

Cinematography

Robert G. Martin
James Wilson

Edited byReginald Beck

Production
company

Fox-British Pictures

Distributed byFox Film Company

Release date

15 April 1935 (1935-04-15)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Third Clue is a 1934 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Molly Lamont and Raymond Lovell.^[1] The film was based on Neil Gordon's novel The Shakespeare Murders, which also inspired The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938).^[2] It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.^[3]

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns two criminals who try to recover loot hidden in an isolated manor house.^[4]

Cast

Basil Sydney as Reinhardt Conway
Molly Lamont as Rosemary Clayton
Robert Cochran as Peter Kerrigan
Alfred Sangster as Rupert Clayton
C. M. Hallard as Gabriel Wells
Raymond Lovell as Robinson, the butler
Adela Mavis as Zeta
Frank Atkinson as Lefty
Ernest Sefton as Newman
Ian Fleming as Mark Clayton
Bruce Lester as Derek Clayton
Mabel Terry-Lewis as Mrs. Fuller

References

^ "The Third Clue (1934)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
^ Chibnall p.281
^ "The Third Clue (1934) - Albert Parker - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.