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Widecombe Fair | |
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Directed by | Norman Walker |
Written by | Eden Phillpotts (novel) Eliot Stannard |
Starring | William Freshman Marguerite Allan Wyndham Standing Violet Hopson Moore Marriott |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Edited by | Emile de Ruelle |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
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Running time | 6,800 feet[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Widecombe Fair is a 1928 British silent comedy drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring William Freshman, Marguerite Allan, Moore Marriott and Judd Green.[2] The screenplay concerns a farmer who is able to save his farm when he digs up buried treasure. The film's plot was adapted from a 1913 novel by Eden Phillpotts, loosely based on the popular folk song "Widecombe Fair".