The Loudwater Mystery (film)

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The Loudwater Mystery
Directed by Walter West
Written byWalter West
Based on The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson
Produced byNorman MacDonald
Starring Gregory Scott
Pauline Peters
Clive Brook
Production
company
Distributed byWalturdaw
Release date
  • February 1921 (1921-02)
Running time
4,800 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Loudwater Mystery is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by Walter West and starring Gregory Scott, Pauline Peters and Clive Brook. [2] It was based on the 1920 novel The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson.

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Plot

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

Cast

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References

  1. Low p.403
  2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | The LOUDWATER MYSTERY (1921)". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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