George Raft
Birthday: 1901-09-26
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography: George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, today Raft is mostly known for his gangster roles in the original Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, as a dancer in Bolero (1934), and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Some Like It Hot
Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of Chicago. Their only opportunit...
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Ocean's Eleven
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night....
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Scarface
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots...
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The Movie Orgy
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop...
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Around the World in 80 Days
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor...
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Manpower
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and ...
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Casino Royale
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thin...
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Red Light
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny T...
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Sextette
On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is asked to int...
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Skidoo
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow m...
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A Bullet for Joey
Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic sc...
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Follow the Boys
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star...
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The Ladies Man
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a...
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Johnny Angel
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death....
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Each Dawn I Die
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of h...
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The Man with Bogart's Face
In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much t...
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The Glass Key
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicate...
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Queen of the Night Clubs
Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of business, a...
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Souls at Sea
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave tra...
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Johnny Allegro
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready);...
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Black Widow
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway produ...
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Nocturne
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it...
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The House Across the Bay
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charge...
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You and Me
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in...
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I Stole a Million
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways....
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They Drive by Night
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b...
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Intrigue
Dishonorably discharged from the Army Air Corps, Brad Dunham (George Raft) disconsolately decides to...
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A Dangerous Profession
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame....
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Breakdowns of 1941
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941....
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Night After Night
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl....
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...
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Loan Shark
A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factor...
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Whistle Stop
When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity betw...
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Five Golden Dragons
While travelling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell accidentally stumbles into the middle of criminal n...
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The Upper Hand
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then th...
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Spawn of the North
Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates...
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Christmas Eve
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administe...
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We Will All Go to Paris
The film tells the story of three presenters on Radio X, an amateur clandestine radio station....
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If I Had a Million
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st...
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Jet Over The Atlantic
Director Byron Haskin's 1960 airplane-in jeopardy drama stars Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raf...
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The Patsy
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased e...
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Palmy Days
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie ...
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film....
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Quick Millions
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally ...
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I'll Get You for This
Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist,...
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Pick-up
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caug...
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Winner Take All
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peg...
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The Trumpet Blows
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His y...
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Limehouse Blues
Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seam...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks himself discussing his...
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Bolero
The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves....
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The Man From Cairo
"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the on...
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Outpost in Morocco
Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to he...
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Midnight Club
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scot...
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Nob Hill
A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed by H...
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All of Me
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend does...
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She Couldn't Take It
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustra...
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Every Night at Eight
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphon...
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Madame Racketeer
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in ...
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The Bowery
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had g...
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Dancers in the Dark
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, t...
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Stolen Harmony
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to ...
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Night World
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, ...
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Yours for the Asking
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, i...
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Taxi!
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a...
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Side Street
Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger....
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots....
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (192...
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, se...
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Under-Cover Man
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to f...
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Escape Route
When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British...
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Stage Door Canteen
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars o...
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Riviera Dream
This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a dischar...
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Hammersmith Is Out
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a...
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is...
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Deadhead Miles
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18...
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Breakdowns of 1940
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940....
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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The Lady's from Kentucky
Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard time...
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Hush Money
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old ...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the...
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Invisible Stripes
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison....
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Breakdowns of 1942
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942....
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For Those Who Think Young
A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a loc...
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Gay, Gay Hollywood
The short shows various clips from Hollywood feature films that, like the title of the film, are ful...
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