The Recoil (1922 film)

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The Recoil
Directed by Geoffrey Malins
Written by Rafael Sabatini
Produced bySam Hardy
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company
Hardy Films
Distributed by Stoll Pictures
Release date
March 1922
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Recoil is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by Geoffrey Malins and starring Annie Esmond, Lawrence Anderson and Dawson Millward. [1]

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The film's plot involves a psychic expert who hypnotises his cousin to shoot his rich uncle. [2] The film is based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini and was made by Stoll Pictures at Cricklewood Studios.

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  1. Goble p.924
  2. "BFI Collections Search". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

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