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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1077

Raffles

193072 minUnited States

Crime Comedy Drama

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 70:42
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · George Fitzmaurice · Public domain

Synopsis

Gentleman thief and cricketer A. J. Raffles intends to retire from crime after becoming engaged. A friend's gambling debt draws him toward one more jewel theft at a country house. Rival burglars, a watchful inspector and the unexpected arrival of his fiancée make this final undertaking difficult to control.

Cast

Ronald Colman

Kay Francis

DirectorsGeorge Fitzmaurice Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Inspirations

Ronald Colman's elegant criminal comes from E. W. Hornung's stories through the stage adaptation written with Eugene Wiley Presbrey. The film mixes the country-house mystery with a thief whose social standing helps disguise his activities.

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Photograph credit

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Ronald Colman — 20th Century-Fox · Public domain
Kay Francis — Elmer Fryer (1898-1944) · Public domain

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