Moonfleet
Moonfleet may refer to: * Moonfleet (novel), a 1898 novel by J. Meade Falkner * Moonfleet (film), a 1955 film directed by Fritz Lang, inspired by the novel * Moonfleet (1984 TV series), a British period television drama series, based on the novel * Moonfleet (2013 TV series), a British period television drama series, based on the novel See also * Moonfleet & Other Stories ''Moonfleet & Other Stories'' is the eighteenth original album by singer and songwriter Chris de Burgh, released in 2010. This album includes two parts, one including the story of Moonfleet (18 tracks), based on J. Meade Falkner's homonymous ...

Moonfleet (novel)
''Moonfleet'' is an 1898 novel written by English writer J. Meade Falkner. The plot is an adventure tale of smuggling, treasure, and shipwreck set in 18th-century England. Plot summary In 1757, Moonfleet is a small village along the coast of southern England. The village takes its name from a formerly prominent local family, the Mohunes. The main character is John Trenchard, an orphan who lives with his aunt, Miss Arnold. The village church includes the sexton, Mr. Ratsey, and Parson Glennie, who also teaches in the village school. Elzevir Block is the landlord of the ''Mohune Arms''. The inn is nicknamed the ''Why Not?'', a pun on the Mohune coat of arms, which includes a '' cross-pall'' in the shape of the letter "Y". Mr. Maskew is the local magistrate, who has a daughter, Grace. Village legend tells of the notorious Colonel John "Blackbeard" Mohune who is buried in the family crypt under the church. He is reputed to have stolen a diamond from King Charles I and hidden it ...
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Moonfleet (film)
''Moonfleet'' is a 1955 Eastman Color film shot in CinemaScope directed by Fritz Lang. It was inspired by the 1898 novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner, although significant alterations were made in the characters and plot. Plot A gothic melodrama set in England during the 18th century, the film is about John Mohune, a young orphan (Jon Whiteley), who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with his mother's former lover, Jeremy Fox. Fox (Stewart Granger), is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman intimately involved with smugglers. On the run from the law, Mohune and Fox must decipher a coded message in their pursuit of a fabulous diamond hidden long ago. Cast * Stewart Granger as Jeremy Fox * George Sanders as Lord James Ashwood * Joan Greenwood as Lady Clarista Ashwood * Viveca Lindfors as Mrs. Minton * Jon Whiteley as John Mohune * Liliane Montevecchi as Gypsy * Melville Cooper as Felix Ratsey * Sean McClory as Elzevir Block * Alan Napier as Parson ...
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Moonfleet (1984 TV Series)
''Moonfleet'' is a British period television drama series which aired on BBC One in 1984. It is based on the classic 1898 adventure novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner, about smuggling on the Dorset coast in the eighteenth century, earlier made into a 1955 film of the same title directed by Fritz Lang.Goble p.150 Main cast * Victoria Blake as Grace Maskew * David Daker as Elzevir Block * Adam Godley as John Trenchard * Bernard Gallagher as Sexton Ratsey * David Gant as Reverend Glennie * Ewan Hooper as Magistrate Maskew * Stewart Harwood as Thomas * Hilary Mason Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. Mason was born in Birmingham and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art ... as Jane Arnold References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * {{DEF ...
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Moonfleet (2013 TV Series)
''Moonfleet'' is a British period television drama series which aired on Sky One in 2013. It is based on the classic 1898 adventure novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner, about smuggling on the Dorset coast in the eighteenth century. Location shooting took place in Ireland. Cast * Ray Winstone as Elzevir Block * Aneurin Barnard as John Trenchard * Sophie Cookson as Grace Mohune * Anthony Ofoegbu as Loder * Phil Daniels as Ratsey * Lorcan Cranitch as Meech * Pippa Haywood as Aunt Lydia * Nick Lee as Officer James * Ian McElhinney as Rev Glennie * Lesley Vickerage as Aunt Jane * Ben Chaplin as Magistrate Mohune * Fionn Walton as Davey Block * Frank O'Sullivan as Blackbeard * Omid Djalili as Aldobrand2 * Steve Gunn as Jailer * Martin Trenaman as Turn-Key * Nicholas Woodeson Nicholas Woodeson (born 30 November 1949) is an English film, television and theatre actor, and Drama Desk and Olivier award nominee. Early life Woodeson was born in Sudan and lived in the Mi ...
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