Raffles, the Amateur Detective
AKA [Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman], [Raffles, the Gentleman Crook]
(1905) American
B&W : One reel / 1050 feet
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton

Cast: Jimmy Sherry (J. Barney Sherry)

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / The film was first advertised in trades in September 1905. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] Slide-Early p. 15 lists the title as The Adventures of Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman. [?] Bardèche-History p. ? lists the title as Raffles, the Gentleman Crook. [?] Blum-Silent p. 9 lists the film as directed by G.M. Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson).

Drama: Crime.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Characters: A.J. Raffles

Listing updated: 18 September 2007.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3622; Bardèche-History pp. 31, 59; Blum-Silent p. 8; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 49; Pohle-Holmes p. 26; Robinson-Palace p. 125; Slide-BigV p. 172; Slide-Early p. 15; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 338.