The Crimson Circle (1922 film)
{{Short description|1922 British film by George Ridgwell}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Crimson Circle
| image =
| caption =
| director = George Ridgwell
| producer =
| based_on = {{based on|The Crimson Circle|Edgar Wallace}}
| writer = Patrick L. Mannock
| starring = Fred Groves
Robert English
Rex Davis
| music =
| cinematography = Phil Ross
| editing =
| studio = Kinema Club
| distributor = Granger Distributors
| released ={{Film date|1922|09|}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =
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The Crimson Circle is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves and Robert English.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61011 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | The CRIMSON CIRCLE (1922) |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115072305/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61011 |accessdate=2021-06-08|archive-date=15 January 2009 }} The film was an adaptation of the 1922 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
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0013035|The Crimson Circle}}
- [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CrimsonCircle1922.html The Crimson Circle (1922) at SilentEra]
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{{Edgar Wallace}}
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Category:Films directed by George Ridgwell
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Category:British silent feature films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
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