''Expiation'' is a 1922 British silent

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an O ...

and starring Ivy Close,

Fred Raynham Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era.BFI , Film & TV Database , RAYNHAM, Fred< ...

and

Lionelle Howard Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in ...

.Low p.362 It was based on an 1887 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film was made by

Stoll Pictures Stoll Pictures was a British film production and distribution company of the silent era, founded in April 1918. Background During the early to mid-1920s it was the largest film company in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe. Its major dome ...

at the

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and t ...

Cast

* Ivy Close as Eva Mornington *

Fred Raynham Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era.BFI , Film & TV Database , RAYNHAM, Fred< ...

as Cecil Braithwaite *

as Godfrey Mornington *

Malcolm Tod Malcolm Tod (16 March 1897 – 1 July 1968) was a British actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1921 to 1934. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tod, Malcolm 1897 births English male film ac ...

as Lord Dereham * Daisy Campbell as Mrs. Langton *

Fred Rains Frederick William Rains (28 January 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director. His father, also called Alfred Rains, was a coachbuilder. On 27 October 1884, at St Michael's Church, Lambeth, he married Emily Eliza Cox. T ...

as Mr. Woodruffe

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 crime films British silent feature films British crime films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on British novels Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Films set in England British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films English-language crime films {{1920s-UK-film-stub