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Raffles is a 1939 American crime comedy 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.
Plot[edit | edit source]
A Scotland Yard inspector (Dudley Digges) matches wits with a gentleman cat burglar, popular cricketer A.J. Raffles (David Niven).
Cast[edit | edit source]
- David Niven as A.J. Raffles
- Olivia de Havilland as Gwen Manders
- Dame May Whitty as Kitty, Lady Melrose
- Dudley Digges as Inspector Mackenzie
- Douglas Walton as Bunny Manders
- E. E. Clive as Barraclough
- Lionel Pape as George, Lord Melrose
- Peter Godfrey as Harry Crawshay
- Gilbert Emery as Bingham
- Margaret Seddon as Maud Holden
- Leyland Hodgson as Bobby
- Leonard Carey as Bingham's Secretary (uncredited)
- James Finlayson as Hansom Cab Driver (Uncredited)
- Gibson Gowland as Villager (uncredited)
- 1939 films
- Film articles without a specified rating
- Film Guide stubs
- American films
- English-language films
- 1930s films
- Films
- American crime comedy films
- Crime comedy films
- American crime films
- Crime films
- American comedy films
- Comedy films
- American heist films
- Heist films
- American black-and-white films
- Black-and-white films
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company films
- United Artists films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by Sam Wood
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