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58% Critic Match
The Orchard End Murder
5.8 / 10• 1981• 48m•NR• English
ComedyCrimeThrillerHorrorDrama
Storyline
Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.
Cast & Crew
Tracy Hyde
Pauline Cox
LeadCM
Clive Mantle
Ewen
Bill Wallis
Railway Gatekeeper
MH
Mark Hardy
Mike Robins
Raymond Adamson
Mr Wickstead
JE
Jessie Evans
Mrs Trowel
David Wilkinson
Batsman
JW
Jeremy Watt
Bowler
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christian Marnham's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Orchard End Murder is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
