''The Loudwater Mystery'' is a 1921 British silent

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directed by Walter West and starring

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, Pauline Peters and

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. It was based on the 1920 novel '' The Loudwater Mystery'' by

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Plot

A detective investigating the death of an aristocrat eventually deduces he was murdered by his secretary.

Cast

as Hubert Manley * Pauline Peters as Lady Loudwater *

as Lord Loudwater * Cameron Carr as Inspector Flexen * Charles Tilson-Chowne as Colonel Grey *

Arthur Walcott Arthur Walcott (1857–1934) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography *'' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) * '' The White Star'' (1915) * '' A Gamble for Love'' (1917) * '' Drink'' (1917) * '' The Woman Wins'' (1918) * ...

as Carrington * Nan Heriot as Miss Truslove * Charles Poulton as Roper

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1921 films British silent feature films British crime films British mystery films Films directed by Walter West Films based on British novels Broadwest films Films set in England British black-and-white films 1921 crime films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent mystery films Silent crime films {{1920s-UK-film-stub