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Raffles (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Raffles
other title: Raffles, gentleman cambrioleur / Caballero y ladrón …
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.

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名媛双胞案 (1929) Douban
Bulldog Drummond
director: F·理查德·琼斯 actor: 罗纳德·考尔曼 / 克劳德·阿利斯特 …
other title: Bulldog Drummond
Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.

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Condemned (1929) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Condemned
director: 韦斯利·鲁格尔斯 actor: 罗纳德·考尔曼 / 安·哈丁 …
other title: 人间地狱 / 情侠(港) …
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.

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Raffles (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Raffles
other title: 拉弗尔斯 / 拉弗爾斯 …
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.

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A Lady to Love (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
A Lady to Love
director: 维克多·斯约斯特洛姆 actor: Vilma Bánky / Edward G. Robinson
other title: 可爱的女人 / La mujer que amamos …
Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother Buck. When she gets there she overlooks his duplicity and marries him. Then she falls in love with Buck.