She falls in love with him and attempts to force him to love her by threatening to tell of his past theft. Raffles reappears in London, mixing with the upper class, where he is recognized by Mrs. Vidal (Mayo), an English society woman with whom he had been flirting. Raffles grabs the cartridges and places them in his mouth and then jumps overboard, swimming to land. There is an outcry over the theft, and on searching Raffles' cabin, a ship's officer takes the gun and removes all of the cartridges. After getting the pearl, Raffles empties a cartridge from his revolver and puts the pearl inside. Miles from land, Raffles determines that the swindler has hidden the pearl in a cavity in his shoe. An international swindler who has possession of a priceless "rose pearl" takes passage on a steamship and Raffles does likewise. Raffles (Barrymore), a highly educated crook with entree to the best social circles, steals for the love of it and the thrill of the chase, enjoying outwitting the police and amateur detectives. The movie also co-stars Frank Morgan and Mike Donlin, and was directed by George Irving. Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman is a 1917 American silent film starring John Barrymore and Evelyn Brent.
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