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When an American pugilist boasts of inventing a trap to catch the cleverest cracksman alive, it’s a challenge Raffles is quite unable to resist - with disastrous consequences... Starring Jeremy Clyde. EW Hornung's Raffles stories about the 'gentleman thief'. Dramatised by David Buck. AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde Bunny Manders ...... Michael Cochrane Inspector Mackenzie ...... Henry Stamper Maguire ...... Alan Tilvern Hambone ...... Peter Banks Cruncher ...... Michael Deacon Ruby ...... Frances Jeater Cabbie ...... Alan Dudley Signature tune composed by Jim Parker. Director: Gordon House A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4/ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service production first broadcast in June 1988.
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