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Raffles is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sam Wood released in USA on 29 december 1939 with David Niven
Raffles (1939)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 december 1939
Length 1h12
Directed by Sam Wood
OriginUSA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Romance
Rating63%
Raffles (1939) is a film starring David Niven and Olivia de Havilland, and is one of several film adaptations of an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman.
Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay for the 1930 version, died in 1939, and was given credit as co-author of the screenplay with John Van Druten. F. Scott Fitzgerald may also have worked on the script, but this is unconfirmed.
Synopsis
A.J. Raffles, the celebrated cricketer, is welcomed in the parlours and country estates of high society. This circumstance he uses to his advantage in his secret career as "The Amateur Cracksman", a master burglar and safecracker who remains always one step ahead of Scotland Yard. An old school friend, Bunny Manders, reintroduces Raffles to his sister, Gwen, with whom Raffles had been infatuated a decade ago. Raffles falls in love with her all over again, and she with him. When Bunny confides a crushing gambling debt over which he is considering suicide, Raffles assures him the money can be obtained. He plans to accept a weekend invitation to the country house of Lord and Lady Melrose; Lady Melrose's famous jewellery can easily solve Bunny's problem. Another guest, however, is Inspector MacKenzie incognito, who clearly suspects Raffles of being the Cracksman. Raffles plots to frame a petty criminal with the jewel theft...but keep the jewellery, of course.Actors
David Niven
(A.J. Raffles)
Olivia de Havilland
(Gwen)
May Whitty
(Lady Melrose)
Dudley Digges
(MacKenzie)
Douglas Walton
(Bunny)
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