George Raft

George Raft

September 26, 1901 · 125 years old

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 origin…

Known For

22 titles
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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959 · 2h 1m · Movie

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

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Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967 · 2h 11m · Movie

In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.

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Scarface

Scarface

1932 · 1h 33m · Movie

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.

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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · 2h 55m · Movie

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

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They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940 · 1h 35m · Movie

When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.

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The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

1961 · 1h 35m · Movie

A clueless, recently-single graduate unwittingly takes a job as a servant in a mansion inhabited by dozens of young women.

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Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939 · 1h 32m · Movie

A corrupt D.A. (Thurston Hall) with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter (James Cagney) for manslaughter in order to silence him.

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If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932 · 1h 28m · Movie

A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.

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Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939 · 1h 21m · Movie

An ex-con who wants to go straight has difficulties trying to reintegrate into society while on parole.

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Skidoo

Skidoo

1968 · 1h 38m · Movie

Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on...

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Background to Danger

Background to Danger

1943 · 1h 20m · Movie

A German spy ring plans to publicize a false rumor that Russia, who is fighting Germany, plans to invade neutral Turkey in order to ally them with the Nazis.

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Manpower

Manpower

1941 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power, and trade punches over the same woman.

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You and Me

You and Me

1938 · 1h 34m · Movie

An altruistic department-store owner hires ex-convicts in order to give them a second chance at life. Unfortunately, one of the convicts he hires recruits two of his fellow ex-convicts in a plan to rob the store.

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A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey

1955 · 1h 25m · Movie

In Montreal, a police inspector slowly discovers a plot to abduct a nuclear physicist, with American mobsters, foreign spies, and a blonde seductress all involved.

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Night After Night

Night After Night

1932 · 1h 13m · Movie

A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

1947 · 1h 30m · Movie

To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reed must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.

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Loan Shark

Loan Shark

1952 · 1h 20m · Movie

At the request of factory owners and union leaders, a tough ex-con infiltrates a gang of loan sharks who are preying on financially desperate factory workers.

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The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

1966 · 1h 26m · Movie

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. Also, an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggler's bus...

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Palmy Days

Palmy Days

1931 · 1h 17m · Movie

The assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.

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Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

1938 · 1h 50m · Movie

Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.

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Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

1967 · 1h 33m · Movie

A naive young American playboy in Hong Kong finds himself caught up in the middle of an international crime.

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