The Orchard End Murder

The Orchard End Murder
The Orchard End Murder
	DVD cover
Directed by	Christian Marnham
Written by	Christian Marnham
Produced by	Julian Harvey
Starring	Tracy Hyde; Bill Wallis; Clive Mantle; Raymond Adamson;
Cinematography	Peter Jessop
Edited by	Peter Goddard
Music by	Sam Sklair
Production; company	Marnham & Harvey Productions
Distributed by	G.T.O. Films Ltd.
Release date	11 January 1981;
Running time	48 minutes
Country	England
Language	English

The Orchard End Murder is a 1980 British short thriller film by Marnham & Harvey Productions. It was directed and written by Christian Marnham, and stars Tracy Hyde, Bill Wallis, Clive Mantle, and Raymond Adamson. It marked the film debut of Clive Mantle.^[1]^[2] The film was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 1 November 1981 as a support to Dead & Buried.

Plot[]

In Kent in 1966, a young woman called Pauline Cox (Tracy Hyde) wanders off to explore the countryside surroundings after accompanying her boyfriend to a cricket match as she is bored. She meets an eccentric stationmaster (Bill Wallis). After having tea with him, she meets his half-witted assistant called Ewen (Clive Mantle) who kills a rabbit which disgusts and upsets her. She runs off but meets Ewen again in the nearby orchard. He kisses her and she tries to escape from him on a pile of apples. He pulls her down, rapes her and strangles her to death. Ewan then asks the stationmaster to help him bury her body in the orchard which he does. The next day, Ewen is arrested, when a detective sees him drop his tools when he says to him that people will think he’s the murderer.

Cast[]

Tracy Hyde as Pauline Cox
Clive Mantle as Ewen
Bill Wallis as Railway Gatekeeper
Raymond Adamson as Mr. Wickstead
as Mrs. Trowel
Mollie Maureen as Old Lady at Station
Cyril Cross as Village Policeman
as Robins
David Wilkinson as Batsman
Geoffrey Frederick as Cricket Captain
Peter Hutchins as Detective
Alexander John as Radio News Reader
Alan Neame as Rector
Rik Mayall as Policeman [uncredited]

References[]

^ Group, Gale; Kondek, Joshua; Angela, Yvonne Jones (3 December 1999). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-7876-3185-7. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
^ Speed, F. Maurice (1983). Film Review. ISBN 9780491030120. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

External links[]

The Orchard End Murder at IMDb

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[GroupKondek1999-1] Group, Gale; Kondek, Joshua; Angela, Yvonne Jones (3 December 1999). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-7876-3185-7. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

[Speed1983-2] Speed, F. Maurice (1983). Film Review. ISBN 9780491030120. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

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