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The Crimson Circle

  • 1936
  • 1h 16m
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The Crimson Circle (1936)
Drama

An extortion ring murders anyone who refuses to pay protection money. New Scotland Yard is on the case, but a victim is killed while under their protection. A sexy secretary falls under susp... Read allAn extortion ring murders anyone who refuses to pay protection money. New Scotland Yard is on the case, but a victim is killed while under their protection. A sexy secretary falls under suspicion as the bodies pile up.An extortion ring murders anyone who refuses to pay protection money. New Scotland Yard is on the case, but a victim is killed while under their protection. A sexy secretary falls under suspicion as the bodies pile up.

  • Director
    • Reginald Denham
  • Writers
    • Reginald Denham
    • Edgar Wallace
    • Howard Irving Young
  • Stars
    • Hugh Wakefield
    • Alfred Drayton
    • Niall MacGinnis
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
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    • Director
      • Reginald Denham
    • Writers
      • Reginald Denham
      • Edgar Wallace
      • Howard Irving Young
    • Stars
      • Hugh Wakefield
      • Alfred Drayton
      • Niall MacGinnis
    • 2User reviews
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    Hugh Wakefield
    Hugh Wakefield
    • Derek Yale
    Alfred Drayton
    Alfred Drayton
    • Insp. Parr
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Jack Beardmore
    June Duprez
    June Duprez
    • Sylvia Hammond
    Paul Blake
    • Sgt. Webster
    Noah Beery
    Noah Beery
    • Felix Marl
    Basil Gill
    Basil Gill
    • James Beardmore
    Gordon McLeod
    • Brabazon
    Renee Gadd
    Renee Gadd
    • Millie Macroy
    Ralph Truman
    Ralph Truman
    • Lawrence Fuller
    Robert Rendel
    Robert Rendel
    • Commissioner
    Monti DeLyle
    William Hartnell
    William Hartnell
      Andrew Leigh
      Henry B. Longhurst
      • Inspector Clements
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      • Director
        • Reginald Denham
      • Writers
        • Reginald Denham
        • Edgar Wallace
        • Howard Irving Young
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      • Trivia
        One of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in "Motion Picture Herald" 4/4/1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-46. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. Post-WWII viewers in Los Angeles got their first look at it 1/15/50 on KNBH (Channel 4).
      • Quotes

        Felix Marl: No, sir, ain't nobody ever gonna make a monkey out of me.

        Sylvia Hammond: Well, nobody would try to think of improving on you, Mr. Marl.

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      The Crimson Circle strikes again! Another wealthy man has been ordered to pay a large sum, defied the order, and been struck down! All of London is terrified! Scotland Yard is helpless!

      It's the third movie version of Edgar Wallace's 1922 thriller, with the viewpoint character shifting between Inspector Alfred Drayton (who finds himself unable to make any advance on the case), and Hugh Wakefield, a well connected young man who is in love with June Duprez. But she is arrested as an accomplice in one of the Crimson Circle's murders, and then easily escapes the pokey to join Wakefield. The Crimson Circle, she explains, has connections even in Scotland Yard!

      Yoicks. The solution to the entire matter is melodramatic -- as you might expect -- and rather feather-weighted in offering decent clues for the audience to have a fair chance of solving this mystery and getting the young lovers together. But it is exciting. With Niall McGinniss and Noah Beery.
      • boblipton
      • Aug 19, 2024
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      • Release date
        • August 10, 1936 (United Kingdom)
      • Country of origin
        • United Kingdom
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Rdeči krog
      • Production company
        • Richard Wainwright Productions
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 16 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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