Crime and Punishment (1917 film)

Crime and Punishment
Directed by	Lawrence B. McGill
Written by	Charles A. Taylor
Based on	Crime and Punishment 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Starring	Derwent Hall Caine Cherrie Coleman Lydia Knott
Cinematography	Henry Cronjager
Production company	Arrow Film Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	February 25, 1917 (1917-02-25)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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]

Cast

• Derwent Hall Caine as Rodion Raskolnikoff
• Cherrie Coleman as Dounia, His Sister
• Lydia Knott as His Mother
• Carl Gerard as Razmouhin Porkovitch
• Sidney Bracey as Andreas Valeskoff
• Marguerite Courtot as Sonia Marmeladoff
• Robert W. Cummings as Porphyus

References

1. Wlaschin p.54

Bibliography

• Ken Wlaschin. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.

External links

• Crime and Punishment at IMDb
• Crime and Punishment at the TCM Movie Database
• Crime and Punishment at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films