"Raffles" is about a thief. The main character, A. J. Raffles (Ronald Colman), was known publicly as a cricket player, yet in his spare time he was The Amateur Cracksman--an expert thief. No one, not even his closest friends, knew he was The Amateur Cracksman.
Raffles gave up stealing in order to settle down with his girl Gwen (Kay Francis). He was reeled back in when his friend, Bunny (Bramwell Fletcher), had a £1000 debt he couldn't pay off. That was all the impetus Raffles needed to get back in the game. He set his eyes on "the famous Melrose necklace" worn by The Marchioness of Melrose, Lady Kitty Melrose (Alison Skipworth).
"Raffles" was a clever cat-and-mouse movie that entertained.
I was already familiar with Ronald Colman. I'd seen him in "Around the World in 80 Days," "Bulldog Drummond," "The Unholy Garden," "The Talk of the Town," "Lost Horizon," and "Condemned!" He was just as solid in this movie as the others. I'd also seen Kay Francis in several projects: "Scandal Sheet," "The Vice Squad," "Girls About Town," "Guilty Hands," "Ladies' Man," and "Transgression." I didn't really like Kay Francis in any of these movies. Again, she didn't really impress me, but her role in "Raffles" wasn't significant enough to drag the movie down.
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