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The Orchard End Murder
Catalogue information
LastDodo number
9236005
Area
DVD / Video / Blu-ray
Item title
The Orchard End Murder
Original title
The Orchard End Murder
Series / hero / subject
Serial number Series/film series
Collection / set
Number in collection / set
35
Addition to number collection
Carrier / medium
Label / publisher
Film studio
Release year item
2017
Release year of movie
1981
Director
Producer
Scenario
Cinematography
Composer
Playing time (min.)
50
Number of discs / tapes
2
Article number packaging
BFIB1277
Barcode / EAN / UPC packaging
5035673012772
Screen format
Sound format
Language on cover
Spoken language
Language subtitles
Colour / black and white
Extra's
Details
Dual Format Edition Blu-Ray + DVD
Set in an idyllic Kent village one balmy summer during the 1960s, The Orchard End Murder, an obscure British oddity from 1981, is a macabre tale of murder and mischief.
A young woman from the suburbs (Tracy Hyde, Melody), bored by a countryside tryst, wanders off to explore her surroundings. When she meets a gnome-like stationmaster and his towering, half-witted railway-worker friend (played by Casualty’s Clive Mantle), an initially strange encounter turns sinister among the trees of a nearby orchard.
Written and directed by Christian Marnham and shot by Pete Walker’s regular cameraman Peter Jessop, The Orchard End Murder is a violent, darkly humorous thriller, unseen since it originally shocked UK cinemas audiences as the supporting feature to Gary Sherman’s Dead and Buried.
BFI Flipside is dedicated to rediscovering the margins of British film, reclaiming a space for forgotten movies and filmmakers who would otherwise be in danger of disappearing from our screens forever. It is a home for UK cinematic oddities, offering everything from exploitation documentaries to B-movies, countercultural curios and obscure classics, If it's weird, British and forgotten, then it's Flipside.
Extras:
Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
The Showman (Christian Marnham, 1970, 25 mins): Short documentary about fairground Wild West showman Wally Shufflebottom
Christian Marnham on The Orchard End Murder (2017, 38 mins)
Christian Marnham on The Showman (2017, 5 mins)
From Melody to Orchard End Murder: An Interview with Tracy Hyde (2017, 12 mins)
An Interview with David Wilkinson (2017, 13 mins)
Illustrated booklet with new writing by Josephine Botting and Vic Pratt, and full film credits
Guest director
Guest producer
Guest writer
Guest actor
Guest composer
EPISODES and/or (additional) PRODUCTIONS
Title
The Showman (1970)
Number
02
