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...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| David Niven | ... | Raffles | |
| Olivia de Havilland | ... | Gwen | |
| May Whitty | ... | Lady Melrose (as Dame May Whitty) | |
| Dudley Digges | ... | MacKenzie | |
| Douglas Walton | ... | Bunny | |
| E.E. Clive | ... | Barraclough | |
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Lionel Pape | ... | Lord Melrose |
| Peter Godfrey | ... | Crawshay | |
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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 |
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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. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 December 1939 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Caballero y ladrón See more »Edit
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$86,600, 17 January 1940Company Credits
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Raffles: Barraclough, you're positively psychic.
Barraclough: Thank you, sir. Are you contemplating marriage?
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(1834) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played by an unidentified pianist at the party
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Opening credits: All characters and events depicted in this photoplay are entirely fictional. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental. See more »Goofs
In the hansom cab, Raffles puts his arm behind Gwen above her shoulders, but in the next close-up shot of her, his arm isn't there. See more »Quotes
Barraclough: From the tenor of the conversation, with your permission sir, I should say that you've met a lady. "The" lady.Raffles: Barraclough, you're positively psychic.
Barraclough: Thank you, sir. Are you contemplating marriage?
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Fantaisie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op.66(1834) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
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If ever there was a film that should have been a lot better, it is the 1940 version of "Raffles" - excellently cast is David Niven as the Gentleman cracksman, and with Olivia de Havilland (at her loveliest) as his girl-friend Gwen, with two excellent supporting players in Dame May Whitty and Dudley Digges. Lasting only just over an hour, it misses a wonderful opportunity to make something really exciting and suspenseful, but on those scores it fails. The predictability of it is a real let-down, and really the talent of the two main stars are wasted - Miss de Havilland has absolutely nothing to do except sit around and look gorgeous - she must have been forced by Warners to do this on loan out, because it followed so soon after her big success in "Gone With The Wind".