The Widow in Scarlet (also known as Lady Raffles) is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Dorothy Revier, Kenneth Harlan and Lloyd Whitlock . It was distributed by the independent Mayfair Pictures.
Plot Baroness Orsani makes a bet that she can steal a friend's valuable diamond necklace just to prove that she can, intending to return it afterwards. Before she can accomplish this, a gang of international jewel thieves led by a man posing as a police inspector, steal it first.
Cast Dorothy Revier as Baroness Orsani Kenneth Harlan as Peter Lawton-Bond Lloyd Whitlock as Mandel Glenn Tryon as Spuffy Myrtle Stedman as Alice Lawton-Bond Lloyd Ingraham as Bradley Harry Strang as Hymie Hal Price as Eddie Arthur Millett as Hanson Phillips Smalley as Peter's pal Wilfrid North as Peter's pal Production The film was completed in just 8 days, finishing in May 1932.
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Bibliography Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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