The Lyons Mail

{{Infobox film

| name = The Lyons Mail

| image = File:The Lyons Mail.jpg

| caption = French poster

| director = Arthur Maude

| producer = Julius Hagen

| based_on= The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade

| writer = H. Fowler Mear

| narrator =

| starring = John Martin Harvey
Norah Baring
Ben Webster
Moore Marriott

| music =

| cinematography = Sydney Blythe

| editing =

| studio = Twickenham Studios

| distributor = Woolf & Freedman Film Service

| released = {{Film date|1931|10|12|df=yes}}

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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The Lyons Mail is a 1931 British historical mystery adventure film directed by Arthur Maude and starring John Martin Harvey, Norah Baring, and Ben Webster.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113224627/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/270392 BFI.org] It was based on the 1877 play The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade which in turn was based on his 1854 play The Courier of Lyons.{{Cite book |last=Haste |first=Steve |url=https://books.google.pt/books?id=CjlaAAAAMAAJ&q=the+lyons+mail+maude&dq=the+lyons+mail+maude&hl=fr&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitpIj__cCMAxXxAvsDHbtEG88Q6AF6BAgJEAM |title=Criminal Sentences: True Crime in Fiction and Drama |date=1997 |publisher=Cygnus Arts |isbn=978-1-900541-25-1 |language=en}} The film

was also released under the alternative title Courrier de Lyon. It had previously been made into a 1916 silent film The Lyons Mail. The story is based on the Courrier de Lyon case. It was shot at the Twickenham Studios in London.{{Cite book |last=Cottis |first=David |url=https://books.google.pt/books?id=UHYoEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1925&dq=the+lyons+mail+maude&hl=fr&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitpIj__cCMAxXxAvsDHbtEG88Q6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=the%20lyons%20mail%20maude&f=false |title=How Stage Playwrights Saved the British Cinema, 1930-1956: The Well-Made Screenplay |date=2024-12-26 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-7651-0106-3 |language=en}} Filmed in 1930, it was to be leading actor John Martin-Harvey's only sound film.