Mr. Justice Raffles is a 1921 British crime film

Crime film

Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...

 directed by Gaston Quiribet. it was based on the 1909 novel Mr. Justice Raffles

Mr. Justice Raffles

Mr. Justice Raffles was a 1909 novel written by E.W. Hornung. It featured his popular character A. J. Raffles a well-known cricketer and gentleman thief...

by E.W. Hornung featuring his gentleman thief AJ Raffles. It starred Gerald Ames

Gerald Ames

Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905...

, Eileen Dennes

Eileen Dennes

-Selected filmography:* The Forest on the Hill * Alf's Button * John Forrest Finds Himself * Tansy * Mr. Justice Raffles * Strangling Threads * The Squire of Long Hadley -External links:...

 and James Carew

James Carew

James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...

. The plot changed a number of details from the novel and inserted a romantic interest into the plot which sees Raffles fall in love with Camilla Belsize, while trying to conceal his secret life as a leading cracksman from her.