The Crimson Circle (1922 film)
Appearance
The Crimson Circle | |
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Directed by | George Ridgwell |
Written by | Patrick L. Mannock |
Based on | The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace |
Starring | Fred Groves Robert English Rex Davis |
Cinematography | Phil Ross |
Production company | Kinema Club |
Distributed by | Granger Distributors |
Release date | September 1922 |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Crimson Circle is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves and Robert English.[1] The film was an adaptation of the novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace.
A German-British version of novel, The Crimson Circle (1929), was filmed in both a silent and Phonofilm sound-on-film version.
Plot
Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
Selected cast
- Clifton Boyne as Derrick Yale
- Fred Groves as Inspector Parr
- Robert English as Felix Marl
- Lawford Davidson as Raphael Willings
- Rex Davis as Jack Beardmore
- Sidney Paxton as Harvey Froyant
- Harry J. Worth as Superintendent
- Eva Moore as Aunt Prudence
- Norma Whalley as Kitty Froyant
- Madge Stuart as Thalia Drummond
- Mary Odette