The Broken Silence

The Broken Silence is a feature-length 1922 American film. It is an adaptation of a James Oliver Curwood novel. It was directed by Dell Henderson. It was a Pine Tree Pictures production distributed by Arrow Film Corp. A melodrama love story involving a murder and devoted siblings, it is set in Canada's northwest. Thomas F. Fallon adapted the screenplay.

Plot
A brother and sister posing as husband and wife to gel in as a normal couple in the Canadian Northwest are suspects in the murder of an inspector, who had killed their parents. Thinking that his sister has killed the inspector, the brother confesses to the crime to protect her. Except that she hasn't killed him.

Cast

 * Zena Keefe as Jeanne Marat
 * Robert Elliott as Bruce Cameron
 * J. Barney Sherry as Inspector Brandt
 * Jack Hopkins as Pierre Marat
 * Jack Drumier as Indian Joe