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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman(1925)
Status: Released
Date: 1925-05-23
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Time: 0h 56m
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!
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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.
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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Miss DuPont
Gwendolyn Amersteth
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Clarice Vidal
Fred Esmelton
Capt. Bedford
Walter Long
Crawshay
Winter Hall
Lord Amersteth
Kate Lester
Lady Amersteth
Freeman Wood
Bunny Manners
Roland Bottomley
Lord Crowley
Lillian Langdon
Mrs. Tilliston
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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.
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1925-05-23
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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!
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