Raffles

Raffles (1930)

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.

Date of release
1930-07-11
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Adventure, Crime, Romance
Director
George Fitzmaurice, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Casting

Interesting facts

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Raffles is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as A.J. Raffles, a jewel thief, and Kay Francis as Gwen. It is based on the play Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1906) by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey, which was in turn adapted from the 1899 short story collection of the same name by Hornung.

Production

According to Robert Osborne, host on Turner Classic Movies, Raffles was the last film that Samuel Goldwyn made in both a silent and talking version.

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