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Raffles (1939)

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Film details

Featuring

David Niven Dame May Whitty Dudley Digges
Country

USA
Year

1939
Genre

Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Raffles steals a necklace to help a friend, thwarting a professional thief, but returns it to its owner and gives himself up.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - A.J. Raffles
    
    David Niven
  - Lady Kitty Melrose
    
    Dame May Whitty
  - Mackenzie
    
    Dudley Digges
  - Bunny Manders
    
    Douglas Walton
  - Barraclough
    
    E.E. Clive
  - Lord George Melrose
    
    Lionel Pape
  - Harry Crawshay
    
    Peter Godfrey
  - Maud Holden
    
    Margaret Seddon
  - Wilson
    
    Hilda Plowright
  - Bingham
    
    Gilbert Emery
  - Merton
    
    Keith Hitchcock
  - butler
    
    Vesey O'Davoren
  - Melrose, footman
    
    George Cathrey
  - umpire
    
    Forrester Harvey
  - cabbie
    
    James Finlayson
  - schoolmistress
    
    Elspeth Dudgeon
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Sam Wood
  - Production Company
    
    Inc. Samuel Goldwyn
  - Producer
    
    Samuel Goldwyn
  - Assistant Director
    
    Walter Mayo
  - Script
    
    John Van Druten
  - Script
    
    Sidney Howard
  - Original stories
    
    E.W. Hornung
  - Photography
    
    Gregg Toland
  - Editor
    
    Sherman Todd
  - Art Director
    
    James Basevi
  - Set Decorator
    
    Julia Heron
  - Costumes
    
    Travis Banton
  - Music
    
    Victor Young
  - Sound technician
    
    Frank Maher

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