Raffles Set 1 Rating: Release Date: 08 October, 2002 Retail Price: $29.98 OUR Price: $26.99 You SAVE: $2.99! Cast: Valentine

Raffles Set 1 Reviews

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"The risk? Ah, the risk is half the fun."
Actually, for Raffles, the risk is pretty much all the fun. Meet A.J. Raffles; Gentleman, renowned cricket player, adored ladies man, completely audacious jewel thief. Along with his shy best friend Bunny Manders, Raffles steals from the rich and gives to the poor (the poor being him and Bunny), always keeping just one step ahead of his nemesis, Inspector MacKenzie.

Played to perfection by Anthony Valentine (who has what Tallulah Bankhead used to call "ugly beauty"), this collection has Raffles pulling off a daring bank heist ("The Silver Chest"), thwarting an evil Ambassador ("The Last Laugh"), showing up a vulgar American boxer ("A Trap to Catch a Cracksman") and in my favorite episode, matching wits with a club of criminologists ("The Gold Cup").

Well worth checking out for mystery fans and Anglophiles alike, both the first and second DVD collections are first-rate. Witty, frothy, and surprising, "Raffles" is a treat and should not be missed.

GRADE: A

delightful series - can't recommend
I always enjoyed the old classic Raffles films so when I ordered this series I ordered both volumes. Mistake! I have so many DVDs to watch they often sit on the shgelf for a month or two before I get to them, so I was most unhappy when the first disk would not play beyond the first half of the story. As this was the introduction to the series I did not want to watch any more until I had replaced the disk. The company that produces the set require you to send in the faulty disk only and not the set for replacement. And they only give you thirty days to replace the disk. After a month I was able to watch the first episode only to find when I got to the third episode, it also skipped. At this time I have watched two complete episodes and have not bothered to open the second volume at all. This is not good as the stories are worth watching. A lot of fun in that low-key British style humor. This deserves five stars - poor disks lowers the value.

I have to add that I have selves overflowing with DVDs and not one of them have the skipping problem as this set of Raffles.

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