Review of The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" is a 37-minute live action film from 1974, so a pretty old one and you probably guessed already correctly from the title that this is a British (television) production in the English language. And when the Brits go treasure hunting, it is not really an adventure or family movie because in this very case here it is more of a mystery film with a touch of horror when a Reverend and his Lord are visiting an Abbey library and trying to find something out about a particular treasure. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark as well as the two writers working on this one (one the one who wrote the original, the other who wrote the adaptation) were prolific, but never really made waves in terms of their film-based works. Same can be said about basically every single actor in here. And seeing this one here I can see why. It is extremely dialogue-driven without ever being a good character study or an interesting enigmatic (I guess that's what they were going for) journey. I assume you must really be into British movies a lot more than I am to see the appeal in here. i give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.