Eustace Ede, the unhinged brother of Lady Magda Ware, is discovered drowned in the lake of her country house. While most assume it to have been suicide, a detective inspector's persistence finally leads to the arrest of Magda's husband, Sir Hubert Ware. The subsequent murder trial turns into a major society scandal, and the strain on Sir Hubert's mind may prove too much for him whether he is found innocent or guilty....
Acting
Stewart Rome's unraveling aristocrat is silent-film gold
Direction
Haynes builds courtroom tension without sound
Director
H. Manning Haynes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Betty Carter was a major stage star making rare screen appearances; this was one of her final films before retirement.
The Ware Case captures 1920s Britain's obsession with 'crimes of the respectable'—when scandal among the upper classes sold newspapers faster than any gangster story.
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