''The Return of Raffles'' is a 1932 British
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Mansfield Markham
Mansfield Markham (13 December 1905 – 1971) was the second son of Sir Arthur Markham, Bt., and
his wife, Lucy, Lady Markham. and starring
George Barraud
George Barraud (17 December 1889, in Paddington, London, England – January 1970, in London, England) was a British film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Little Old New York'' (1923)
* '' Flaming Youth'' (1923)
* '' The Wolf Man'' (1924)
* ''Ne ...
,
Camilla Horn
Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions.
Biography
The daught ...
and
Claud Allister
Claud Allister (born William Claud Michael Palmer, 3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor with an extensive film career in both Britain and Hollywood, where he appeared in more than 70 films between 1929 and 1955.
Life and ...
. It is based on the
A.J. Raffles stories by
EW Hornung and inspired by the success of the 1930 American film ''
Raffles'', to which it serves as a loose
sequel
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. It was shot at the
Walton Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.[London
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.
Cast
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George Barraud
George Barraud (17 December 1889, in Paddington, London, England – January 1970, in London, England) was a British film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Little Old New York'' (1923)
* '' Flaming Youth'' (1923)
* '' The Wolf Man'' (1924)
* ''Ne ...
as
A.J. Raffles
*
Camilla Horn
Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions.
Biography
The daught ...
as Elga
*
Claud Allister
Claud Allister (born William Claud Michael Palmer, 3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor with an extensive film career in both Britain and Hollywood, where he appeared in more than 70 films between 1929 and 1955.
Life and ...
as
Bunny
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*
A. Bromley Davenport
Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK.
Bromley-Davenport made appearances in at least 77 films for te ...
as Sir John Truwode
*
Sydney Fairbrother
Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress.
Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell, she was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her sta ...
as Lady Truwode
*
Harold Saxon-Snell
Harold Saxon-Snell (1889–1956) was a British stage and film actor. He appeared in twenty-three films during the silent and early sound eras. He is often credited as H. Saxon-Snell or Harold Snell. He and actress Kathleen Boutall married in 1 ...
as Von Spechen
References
Bibliography
*Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
*Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1932 films
1932 crime drama films
British crime drama films
British black-and-white films
Works based on A. J. Raffles
Films set in England
Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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