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The Gentleman Thief (2001)

The Gentleman Thief poster
Directed by
Justin Hardy
Genre
drama, crime, tv movie
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gentleman thief and his loyal sidekick pull off elegant heists in Edwardian London. The two navigate schemes and close calls with charm and wit.

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What happens

Gentleman Thief is a 2001 British television film loosely based on the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. It stars Nigel Havers as A. J. Raffles and Michael French as Ellis Bride, an original character who appears as Raffles's sidekick instead of Bunny Manders, Raffles's sidekick in Hornung's stories. It aired on 24 June 2001 on BBC One. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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