Widecombe Fair (film)

{{short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Widecombe Fair

| image =

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| director = Norman Walker

| producer =

| writer = Eden Phillpotts (novel)
Eliot Stannard

| narrator =

| starring = William Freshman
Marguerite Allan
Wyndham Standing
Violet Hopson
Moore Marriott

| music =

| cinematography = Claude Friese-Greene

| editing = Emile de Ruelle

| studio = British International Pictures

| distributor = Wardour Films

| released = {{Film date|1928|12}}

| runtime = 6,800 feetLow p. 479

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| gross =

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bac99db|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122055457/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bac99db|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 November 2017|title=Widecombe Fair (1928)|accessdate=5 July 2018}} 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".