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Lady Raffles Returns (1916)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

Lady Raffles Returns (1916)

Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

In the home of Mr. Bronson, a wealthy banker, a strange series of incidents occurs. There have been several valuable articles missed and the detective assigned to the case finds a man going through the safe one day. The man has a box of ...See moreIn the home of Mr. Bronson, a wealthy banker, a strange series of incidents occurs. There have been several valuable articles missed and the detective assigned to the case finds a man going through the safe one day. The man has a box of valuables which the detective takes. While they are talking a woman comes in claiming to be Mrs. Brownson. She picks up the box and leaves, supposedly to 'phone to headquarters of the capture. Brownson returns later and the butler is found dead. The woman has disappeared. When Brownson states that he is a bachelor and that the man the detective is holding is his secretary, headquarters recognizes the work of Lady Raffles, and Phil Kelly, a famous detective, is assigned to the case. Phil's chief tells him that Brownson has just been robbed of ten thousand dollars, and is ordered to recover the money. Lady Raffles writes a note to the detectives, deriding the police and bragging that she will rob the Brownson safe that day at noon regardless of the number of police on hand. Having learned of the butler's death, Lady Raffles sends one of her assistants to take the butler's place. The assistant claims to be a brother of the dead butler and thus secures the position. The crooks make their plans carefully. The new butler knocks a picture off the wall and takes it supposedly to have it fixed. The chief orders that no one be admitted or allowed to leave the house without his instructions. Some time later a man brings the picture to the house. Lady Raffles and her confidence man get inside the house, pretending to be relatives of the dead butler. She and the butler together open up the picture, which proves to be a collapsible safe. They move the real safe behind the curtains and substitute the fake one. Lady Raffles, thinking she is unobserved, takes her time about opening the safe and getting the valuables from it. Phil Kelly, cleverly anticipates how the crooks will work, and disguising himself in the clothes of one of the band, sees Lady Raffles opening the safe. The safe is returned to its original place, the fake one folded up and one of the crooks starts out with it, stating that the wrong picture has been sent. Kelly leaves with the gang. A short time later the robbery is discovered and the police are unable to figure out how it was done, although Kelly had warned them that Lady Raffles always kept her word. In her private room she and Kelly are left alone. Kelly handcuffs her, discloses his identity and after a short search, locates the missing valuables. He leaves Lady Raffles handcuffed and restores the valuables to the owner. While the girl is raving at her bonds she looks on the table nearby and sees the keys to the handcuffs which the detective had obligingly left. When his chief asks him why he did not capture the crook, Kelly replies that he was only commanded to get the money and nothing was said about capturing the crook. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Grace Cunard Lady Raffles Lady Raffles See fewer	The Twins' Double (1914)
Francis Ford Detective Phil Kelly Detective Phil Kelly See fewer	The Purple Mask (1916)
Jack Connolly The Chief of Police The Chief of Police See fewer	Milady o' the Beanstalk (1918)
Harry Mann The Crook The Crook See fewer	Whiz and Whiskers (1919)
Lionel Bradshaw Actor Actor See fewer	The Black Box (1915)