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The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Directed by Peter Godfrey
Overview
Director Peter Godfrey’s 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as “The Hollywood Raffles”, whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he’s supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
Rated NR | Length 91 minutes
Actors
David Brian | Ned Glass | Warren Douglas | Harry Lauter | John Archer | Joel Fluellen | Charles Cane | Howard Negley | Marjorie Reynolds | Cleo Moore | Bill Welsh | Tom Wilson | Creighton Hale | Kenneth Patterson | Charles Lang | Rodney Bell | Jacqueline deWit | Fred Graham | Art Foster | John Pickard | Margaret Brayton | Leo Cleary | Sheilah Graham | Robert Williams | Lyle Latell | Weldon Heyburn | Lois Austin | Claudia Barrett | Bess Flowers | Wilbur Mack | Bigelow Sayre | Harry Strang | Larry Steers | Don C. Harvey | William Ruhl | Harry Crocker | Hazel Keener | Clarence Straight | Jack Lomas | William E. Green | Harold Miller | Tom Quinn | Fred Coby | Mike Lally | Alix Talton | Hal Price | Geraldine Carr | Sailor Vincent | Charles Lind | Edward Hearn | Hugh Prosser | Art Miles | Pat Phelan | Perdita Chandler | Jessie Arnold | Stanley Church | Russ Clark | Larry McGrath | Herschel Daugherty | Sam Harris | Tom Coleman | Don Forbes | Paul Cristo | Parke MacGregor | Duke Watson | Dimples Cooper | Cathy Dart | John Morgan | Tillie Born | Roger Cole | William Newgard | Leslie K. O'Pace | Garrett Craig