The Ware Case (1928)
1h 33m
Running Time
April 27, 1928Release Date
Plot.
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...
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Cast & Crew.
Stewart Rome
Sir Hubert Ware
Betty Carter
Lady Magda Ware
Ian Fleming
Michael Adye, KC
Wellington Briggs
Sir Henry Egerton, Chief of Scotland Yard
Patrick Stewart
Marston Gurney, Ware's Secretary
Cynthia Murtagh
Celia Gurney
Patrick Ludlow
Eustace Ede
Cameron Carr
Detective Inspector Watkins, CID
Syd Ellery
Tommy Bold
Robert Abel
Ware's Gardener
John Valentine
The Attorney General
Percy Cookson
The Judge
Bernard Vaughan
Ware's Butler
Gillian Dean
Ware's Lover
L.F. Pridmore
Assistant Director
Hugh Gee
Art Direction
Paul Lambert
Director of Photography
Lydia Hayward
Adaptation / Screenplay
William Shenton
Director of Photography
George Pleydell Bancroft
Novel
H. Manning Haynes
Producer / Director
James B. Sloan
Production Manager
Details.
This Movie Is About.
drowning
country house
murder trial
courtroom drama
Wiki.
The Ware Case is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Stewart Rome, Betty Carter and Ian Fleming. The film was shot at the Twickenham Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Hugh Gee. It was an adaptation of the play The Ware Case by George Pleydell Bancroft, previously filmed in 1917, with another version appearing in 1938. First National (through Warner Bros.) distributed the film in the United States.