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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 | Marjorie Reynolds | John Archer | Jacqueline deWit | Perdita Chandler | Stanley Church | Alix Talton | Jessie Arnold | Lois Austin | Claudia Barrett | Rodney Bell | Tillie Born | Margaret Brayton | Charles Cane | Geraldine Carr | Russ Clark | Leo Cleary | Fred Coby | Roger Cole | Tom Coleman | Dimples Cooper | Garrett Craig | Paul Cristo | Harry Crocker | Cathy Dart | Herschel Daugherty | Warren Douglas | Bess Flowers | Joel Fluellen | Don Forbes | Art Foster | Ned Glass | Fred Graham | Sheilah Graham | William E. Green | Creighton Hale | Sam Harris | Don C. Harvey | Edward Hearn | Weldon Heyburn | Hazel Keener | Mike Lally | Charles Lang | Lyle Latell | Harry Lauter | Charles Lind | Jack Lomas | Parke MacGregor | Wilbur Mack | Larry McGrath | Art Miles | Harold Miller | Cleo Moore | Howard Negley | William Newgard | Leslie K. O'Pace | Kenneth Patterson | Pat Phelan | John Pickard | Hal Price | Hugh Prosser | Tom Quinn | William Ruhl | Bigelow Sayre | Larry Steers | Clarence Straight | Harry Strang | Sailor Vincent | Duke Watson | Bill Welsh | Robert Williams | John Morgan | Tom Wilson