The Crimson Circle (1922 film)

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 1922 novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace.

The Crimson Circle
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 (1922-09)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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