''Still Waters Run Deep'' is a 1916 British silent

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Fred Paul Fred Paul (1880–1967) was a Switzerland, Swiss-born United Kingdom, British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his car ...

and starring Lady Tree,

Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in ''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In ...

and

Rutland Barrington Rutland Barrington (15 January 1853 – 31 May 1922) was an English singer, actor, comedian and Edwardian musical comedy star. Best remembered for originating the lyric baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1877 to 1896, his p ...

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Still Waters Run Deep "Still waters run deep" is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature. Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous, as in Suffolk's comment on a fello ...

'' by

Tom Taylor Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch (magazine), ''Punch'' magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literatu ...

Premise

A captain begins blackmailing a wealthy family. He is found dead, and the wealthy family is caught up in the ensuing investigation of his death. Each member is pitted against each other to prove innocence.

Cast

* Lady Tree - Mrs. Sternhold *

- John Mildmay *

- Mr. Potter * Sydney Lewis Ransome - Captain Hawksley * Hilda Bruce-Potter - Mrs. Mildmay

References

External links

* 1916 films British silent feature films British crime films Films directed by Fred Paul Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1916 crime films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films English-language crime films {{1910s-UK-film-stub