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Raffles is a american film of genre Drama directed by H. Bruce Humberstone released in USA on 24 july 1930 with Ronald Colman

Raffles (1930)

Raffles
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Released in USA 24 july 1930
Length 1h12
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Adventure,    Historical,    Crime,    Romance
Rating63% 3.196163.196163.196163.196163.19616

For other film versions, see Raffles the Amateur Cracksman, Raffles (1925 film) and Raffles (1939 film).

Raffles is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as the titular character, a proper English gentleman who moonlights as a notorious jewel thief, and Kay Francis as his love interest. It is based on the 1906 play Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey, which was in turn adapted from the 1899 novel of the same name by Hornung.

Oscar Lagerstrom was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound, Recording.

The story had been filmed previously as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman in 1917 with John Barrymore as Raffles, and again in 1925 by Universal Studios. A 1939 film version, also produced by Goldwyn, stars David Niven in the title role.

Synopsis

Gentleman jewel thief Raffles (Ronald Colman) decides to give up his criminal ways as the notorious "Amateur Cracksman" after falling in love with Lady Gwen (Kay Francis). However, when his friend Bunny Manders (Bramwell Fletcher) tries to commit suicide because of a gambling debt he cannot repay, Raffles decides to take on one more job for Bunny's sake. He joins Bunny and Gwen as guests of Lord and Lady Melrose, with an eye toward acquiring the Melrose necklace, once the property of Empress Joséphine.

Actors

Ronald Colman

(A.J. Raffles)
Kay Francis

(Gwen)
Bramwell Fletcher

(Bunny)
Virginia Bruce

(Gwen's Friend (uncredited))
David Torrence

(Inspector McKenzie)
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