The Crimson Circle

The Crimson Circle Der rote Kreis Den blodrode cirkel Original German Poster Country West Germany Denmark Directed by Jurgen Roland Release Date 1960 Language German Studio Rialto Film Distributor Prisma Filmverleih Main Cast Character Actor Chief Inspector Parr Karl-Georg Saebisch Derrick Yale Klausjürgen Wussow Thalia Drummond Renate Ewert Jack Beardmore Thomas Alder Sir Archibald Morton Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Froyant Fritz Rasp Sergeant Haggett Eddi Arent Osborne Ulrich Beiger

The Crimson Circle (German title Der rote Kreis, Danish title Den blodrøde cirkel) is a 1960 German-Danish detective movie directed by Jurgen Roland and adapted from the 1922 novel by Edgar Wallace. A league of ruthless blackmailers and murderers known as The Crimson Circle terrorises London. Chief Inspector Parr (Karl-Georg Saebisch) and private investigator Derrick Yale (Klausjürgen Wussow) team against the gang.

The film is the second installment in the Rialto Film studio film series (1959-1972) adapted from the novels of Edgar Wallace. It became so successful that the producers purchased the film rights for all available Wallace novels.

Note: the HD version of the movie is released in 1920x1080px but with black bars on both sides. They are cropped on the screenshots below hence the non-standard aspect ratio.

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The following weapons were used in the film The Crimson Circle:

FN Model 1922

FN Model 1922 pistols are seen in hands of Chief Inspector Parr (Karl-Georg Saebisch), Derrick Yale (Klausjürgen Wussow), Sergeant Haggett (Eddi Arent), and Thalia Drummond (Renate Ewert).

FN Model 1922 - .32 ACP

Parr draws his pistol in the scene in the sculptor's studio. When he fires at the escaping murderer, the pistol is replaced with a revolver (see below).

Thalia Drummond takes the pistol from the drawer and cocks it.

Parr holds his pistol in the scene in Yale's office.

Yale holds his pistol in the climactic scene.

Yale with his pistol.

Sergeant Haggett aims his pistol.

Unidentified revolver

In the scene in the sculptor's studio Parr draws his FN 1922 that then switches to an unidentified revolver, seen very briefly and unclear. Still the general shape of the gun, especially the angle of the grip (and the fact that the film is German production), allows to assumed that this is a Reichsrevolver M1879.

For comparison: Reichsrevolver M1879 - 10.6x25R

Parr fires a revolver. Note the long barrel, the shape of the front part of the frame and the angle of the grip - the features that resemble Reichsrevolver M1879.

Walther P38

Sergeant Johnson (Albert Watson) holds a Walther P38 in one scene. A kidnapper whose identity is revealed at the end as (SPOILER! Highlight to see description) Osborne (Ulrich Beiger)) holds a pistol that is seen in distance but very likely is a P38. In the climactic scene a P38 is used by Froyant (Fritz Rasp).

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

Sergeant Johnson holds a partially seen P38.

The kidnapper holds his pistol in the scene in the abandoned warehouse.

Froyant holds a P38.

Double Barreled Shotgun

James Beardmore (Alfred Schlageter) takes a double barreled shotgun when he spots a suspicious shadow near his house.

Beardmore takes the shotgun from his butler.

He sees some shadow in the garden.

The shotgun is seen on the floor.