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The Copper Beeches (1912)

The Copper Beeches poster
Directed by
Adrien Caillard
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom, France
Runtime
25 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father locks away his daughter to stop her marriage and inheritance. He hires a governess who looks like his daughter to lure the suitor into a trap. The governess suspects something is wrong and brings Sherlock Holmes to investigate.

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What happens

Les Hêtres rouges () est un film muet franco-britannique réalisé par Adrien Caillard, sorti en 1912. Rucastle refuse que sa fille épouse William et cherche à la faire renoncer à son héritage si elle se marie. Comme elle refuse, son père l'enferme dans une remise. Ensuite, il prépare un plan pour qu'une gouvernante, qui ressemble à sa fille, amène William à un endroit où il pourrait l'abattre. Miss Hunter, la gouvernante, découvre que quelqu'un est enfermé dans la remise mais Rucastle l'empêche d'aller plus loin. Hunter fait alors part de ses soupçons à Sherlock Holmes qui accepte de l'accompagner... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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