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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

Name: Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Director: King Baggot
Released: 1925
Duration: 56 min

Representation Score

2.3/10

Limited

1925

Director

King Baggot

Runtime

56 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

This 1925 silent film reinforces the social hierarchies and traditional storytelling of its time. While the 'lovable rogue' cliché offers a slight disruption to rigid morality, the film lacks depth in representing multiple aspects of identity. The narrative structure is built on established class and gender structures, with the protagonist's status driving the plot.

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Category Breakdown

Does Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film follows a traditional straight-centered framework, focusing on heterosexual relationships without any indication of queer subtext or non-straight identities.

How does Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman portray gender?

Limited

Gender roles adhere to traditional hierarchies. The female character primarily reacts to events and serves as a victim of theft, lacking active ability to act.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman?

Limited

The voyage from India to England highlights a homogeneous Anglo-centric focus, reflecting the societal standards of the 1920s.

How does Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman represent religion and culture?

Fair

The 'gentleman thief' archetype introduces moral ambiguity by centering a protagonist who operates outside the law, but this remains a genre cliché within a traditional class structure.

Does Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman include disability representation?

Minimal

No visible or invisible disabilities are portrayed in the narrative.

Present on Screen

The 'gentleman thief' archetype introduces moral ambiguity to the crime genre.
The setting provides a geographic link between colonial territories and England.

Limited or Absent

The film relies on traditional gender hierarchies where female characters are largely reactive.
The narrative lacks representation of non-straight identities or diverse racial casting.
Characters outside the English gentleman class have limited ability to act.

Official Synopsis

Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.

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