The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (film)

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The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Written bySinclair Hill
Starring Ruby Miller
Annie Esmond
Clifford Heatherley
CinematographyJohn Mackenzie
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • November 1921 (1921-11)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown is a 1921 British silent mystery film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Ruby Miller, Annie Esmond and Clifford Heatherley. It was made by Stoll Pictures, and based on an 1896 novel The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown by E. Phillips Oppenheim. [1]

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Plot summary

When the fiancée of a squire's daughter is killed, suspicion falls on a novelist.

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