The Claydon Treasure Mystery

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. 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.

Plot
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?

Cast

 * John Stuart as Peter Kerrigan
 * Garry Marsh as Sir George Ilford
 * Evelyn Ankers as Rosemary Shackleford
 * Annie Esmond as Lady Caroline Claydon
 * Campbell Gullan as Tollemache
 * Aubrey Mallalieu as Lord Claydon
 * Finlay Currie as Rubin
 * Joss Ambler as Inspector Fleming
 * Vernon Harris as Rhodes, the Butler