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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Also known as [Raffles]
(1925) American
B&W : Six reels / 5557 feet
Directed by King Baggot

Cast: House Peters [A.J. Raffles], Miss Du Pont, Hedda Hopper, Frederick Esmelton, Walter Long, Winter Hall, Kate Lester, Freeman Wood

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Harvey Thew, from the novel The Amateur Cracksman by Ernest William Hornung. / Released 7 June 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917).

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Keywords: Characters: A.J. Raffles

Listing updated: 6 May 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3622; FilmDaily-1926 p. 51; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 49; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 338.

Home video: DVD.