The Hunt for Red October (film) to develop it into a film. Screenwriters Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart worked on the screenplay while Neufeld approached the U.S. Navy for approval. They feared top secret information or technology might be revealed. However, several admirals liked Clancy's book and reasoned that the film could do for submariners what "Top Gun" did for the Navy's jet fighter pilots. Captain Michael Sherman, director of the Navy's western regional information office in Los Angeles, suggested changes to the script that would present the Navy in a positive light. The Navy gave the filmmakers access to several s, allowing them to photograph
Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films. Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey. It was based on the 1827 Red Barn Murder. A Suffolk squire murders a young pregnant woman who had demanded that he marry her. The story of "Maria Marten" was a popular stage melodrama of the Victorian era, and five films based on the story were made between 1902 and 1935. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National