''The Crimson Circle'' is a 1922 British silent

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directed by

George Ridgwell George Ridgwell (1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of S ...

and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves and Robert English. The film was an adaptation of the 1922 novel '' The Crimson Circle'' by

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...

. A German-British version of novel, '' The Crimson Circle'' (1929), was filmed in both a silent and

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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 Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 –1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Cha ...

as Raphael Willings *

Rex Davis Captain Reginald Graham Davis (7 November 1890 – 1 December 1951), known as Rex Davis, was a British soldier, silent film actor and sportsman. Biography Davis was born in Keymer, Sussex, in 1890. According to one source, he got his start ...

as Jack Beardmore *

Sidney Paxton Sydney Paxton (25 June 1860 in London, England, UK – 13 October 1930 in Montauk, New York, USA) was an English stage and film actor. Partial filmography * ''A Man's Shadow'' (1920) * ''The Bachelor's Club'' (1921) * ''The Rotters'' (1921) * ...

as Harvey Froyant * Harry J. Worth as Superintendent *

Eva Moore Eva Moore (9 February 1868 – 27 April 1955) was an English actress. Her career on stage and in film spanned six decades, and she was active in the women's suffrage movement. In her 1923 book of reminiscences, ''Exits and Entrances'', she des ...

as Aunt Prudence *

Norma Whalley Norma Whalley (? – 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Sydney, Australia. During the late 1890s she toured ...

as Kitty Froyant *

Madge Stuart Madge Stuart (5 August 1895, in Holmesfield, Derbyshire – 10 October 1958, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a British actress of the silent era. She married Dion Titheradge in 1928. Selected filmography * ''Nature's Gentleman'' (1918) * '' The Elu ...

as Thalia Drummond *

Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number o ...

References

External links

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''The Crimson Circle'' (1922) at SilentEra
1922 films 1922 crime films Films directed by George Ridgwell Films based on British novels Films based on works by Edgar Wallace British silent feature films Films set in London British black-and-white films British crime films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub