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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925)

A PICTURE EVEN MORE FASCINATING THAN THE BOOK, AND MORE THRILLING THAN THE PLAY, THE BAFFLING ADVENTURES OF RAFFLES, GENTLEMAN CROOK, WILL THRILL, DELIGHT AND MYSTIFY YOU!

Genre : Romance, Adventure, Drama, Crime

Runtime : 56M

Director : King Baggot

Synopsis

Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.

Actors

House Peters
House Peters
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Miss DuPont
Miss DuPont
Gwendolyn Amersteth
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Clarice Vidal
Fred Esmelton
Fred Esmelton
Capt. Bedford
Walter Long
Walter Long
Crawshay
Winter Hall
Winter Hall
Lord Amersteth
Kate Lester
Kate Lester
Lady Amersteth
Freeman Wood
Freeman Wood
Bunny Manners
Roland Bottomley
Roland Bottomley
Lord Crowley
Lillian Langdon
Lillian Langdon
Mrs. Tilliston

Crews

King Baggot
King Baggot
Director
E.W. Hornung
E.W. Hornung
Novel
Eugene Wiley Presbrey
Eugene Wiley Presbrey
Theatre Play
Harvey F. Thew
Harvey F. Thew
Writer
Charles J. Stumar
Charles J. Stumar
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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