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Raffles

Name: Raffles
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1939-11-11
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 6.211

★ 6,2 /10 (19 Votes)

1939 EN 72 min

Overview

Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.

Stream

Release date

11/11/1939

Votes

Popularity

0.7

Meet 'Raffles'! He's a lion with the ladies-and the cops all want him too!

Genres

Adventure Comedy Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

72 min

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David Niven

A.J. Raffles

Olivia de Havilland

Gwen

May Whitty

Lady Melrose

Dudley Digges

MacKenzie

Douglas Walton

Bunny

E. E. Clive

Barraclough

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Lionel Pape

Lord Melrose

Margaret Seddon

Maud Holden

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Hilda Plowright

Wilson

Gilbert Emery

Bingham

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Keith Hitchcock

Merton

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Vesey O'Davoren

Butler

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George Cathrey

Melrose Footman

Gibson Gowland

Villager (uncredited)

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George Atkinson

Art Gallery Attendant

Frank Baker

Art Gallery Attendant

Leonard Carey

Bingham's Secretary

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Herbert Clifton

Villager

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Richard Clucas

Little Boy

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Larry Dods

Bobby

Elspeth Dudgeon

School Mistress

James Finlayson

Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Bobby

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Charles Irwin

Detective Phillips

Colin Kenny

Bobby

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George Kirby

Villager (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Bobby

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Edmund Mortimer

Extra at Ambassador Club

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John Power

Bobby

Ellinor Vanderveer

Passerby Extra

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Eric Wilton

Art Gallery Attendant

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Sam Harris

Mr. Whiteley - Houseguest

Peter Godfrey

Crawshay

Forrester Harvey

Umpire

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The recent, sad, death of Dame Olivia de Havilland (at 104) prompted me to watch this again and I really enjoyed it. David Niven is "Raffles" - a renowned English cricketer with a penchant for pinching things under the moniker of the "Amateur Cracksman". When his friend "Bunny" (Douglas Walton) gets himself into a bit of a pickle and he and his gorgeous girlfriend "Gwen" (de Havilland) are invited to the home of Lord and Lady Melrose (Lionel Pape and a typically ebullient Dame May Whitty) "Raffles" sees an opportunity to relieve the old girl of her emeralds and settle his friend's debt in one …

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