Crime and Punishment is a 1917 American silent crime drama film directed by Lawrence B. McGill and starring Derwent Hall Caine, Cherrie Coleman and Lydia Knott. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title, it shifts the setting to portray the protagonist as a Russian immigrant in America.[1]
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Directed by | Lawrence B. McGill |
Written by | Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel) Charles A. Taylor |
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Cinematography | Henry Cronjager |
Production company | Arrow Film Corporation |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date | February 25, 1917 |
Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1866) | |
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