Raffles (1939) on Netflix
NR19391h 12mAdventureComedyCrime
A.J. Raffles, a star cricketer, keeps himself solvent by robbing high society's homes. A weekend with Gwen Manders at her parents' country estate puts a famous necklace within his reach.
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Plot summary
A.J. Raffles is a star cricketer whose welcome in the drawing rooms and country estates of the wealthy serves him in a secret career as a master burglar and safecracker. Bunny Manders, an old school friend, brings him together again with his sister Gwen, and the two fall in love once more. Bunny admits to a gambling debt so heavy that he has considered suicide, and Raffles promises the money can be found. Raffles accepts a weekend invitation to the house of Lord and Lady Melrose, where Lady Melrose's famous jewelry would settle the debt. Another guest is Inspector MacKenzie, who suspects that Raffles is the man Scotland Yard has been after.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Raffles (1939)
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- World War II broke out while Raffles was shooting, and because David Niven was a British citizen there were rumors the film would be halted if he were called up; an accelerated schedule got filming finished by October 1939, when Niven left for England.
