Raffles (1930 film)
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| Raffles | |
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| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast (uncredited and replaced by Fitzmaurice) |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Written by | Eugene Wiley Presbrey (play) E. W. Hornung (play and novel) Sidney Howard |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Kay Francis |
| Editing by | Stuart Heisler |
| Release date(s) | July 24, 1930 |
| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Raffles is a 1930 film starring Ronald Colman as the popular title character, a gentleman who is also secretly a notorious jewel thief. Kay Francis plays the woman with whom Raffles falls in love. 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 a Academy Award for Sound, Recording.
[edit] Cast
- Ronald Colman as Raffles
- Kay Francis as Gwen
- Bramwell Fletcher as Bunny
- Frances Dade as Ethel Crowley
- David Torrence as Inspector McKenzie
- Alison Skipworth as Lady Kitty Melrose
- Frederick Kerr as Lord Harry Melrose
- John Rogers as Crawshaw
- Wilson Benge as Barraclough
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