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29 December 1939 (USA) morePlot:
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Complete credited cast) | David Niven | ... | A.J. Raffles |
 | Olivia de Havilland | ... | Gwen Manders |
 | Dame May Whitty | ... | Lady Kitty Melrose |
| Dudley Digges | ... | Inspector MacKenzie |
| Douglas Walton | ... | Bunny Manders |
| E.E. Clive | ... | Barraclough - Raffles' Butler |
| Lionel Pape | ... | Lord George Melrose |
| Peter Godfrey | ... | Harry Crawshay |
| Margaret Seddon | ... | Maud Holden |
| Hilda Plowright | ... | Wilson - Lady Melrose's Maid |
| Gilbert Emery | ... | Bingham |
| Keith Hitchcock | ... | Detective Merton |
| Vesey O'Davoren | ... | Lord Melrose's Butler |
| George Cathrey | ... | Melrose's Footman |
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72 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5723) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Sweden:BtlFun Stuff
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David Niven was due to join the British Army but was given a 21-day grace period to finish his scenes for the movie. The production crew worked double time and filmed Niven's scenes first to comply with his obligation to start his military service. moreSoundtrack:
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op.66 moreFAQ
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If ever there was a film that should have been a lot better, it is the 1940 version of "Raffles" - excellently cast is David Niven as the Gentleman cracksman, and with Olivia de Havilland (at her loveliest) as his girl-friend Gwen, with two excellent supporting players in Dame May Whitty and Dudley Digges. Lasting only just over an hour, it misses a wonderful opportunity to make something really exciting and suspenseful, but on those scores it fails. The predictability of it is a real let-down, and really the talent of the two main stars are wasted - Miss de Havilland has absolutely nothing to do except sit around and look gorgeous - she must have been forced by Warners to do this on loan out, because it followed so soon after her big success in "Gone With The Wind".