Newman, joseph newman on allmovie this is an interesting biography of the actor. This actionfilled drama tells the story of this incredible man from his humble beginnings as an exhibition dancer to his meeting. Ray danton portrays raft and the film was directed by joseph m. The theatrical trailer for the george raft story 1961, starring ray danton as movie tough guy george raft 18951980. Ver homenaje a george raft gicajordi2 en dailymotion. Siegel actually lived at rafts home in hollywood for a time while trying to make inroads for organized crime within the movie colony. George raft biography, movie highlights and photos. Watch the george raft story 1961 online the george raft story 1961 imdb rating. Incidentally, ray danton at 6feet tall, was terribly miscast as raft who may have been no taller than 5 7.
Overview of the george raft story, 1961, directed by joseph m. The george raft story 1961 hollywood enjoyed a revival of factbased gangster biographies in the late 1950s, highlighted by the tv series the untouchables 19591963 starring robert stack. Is portrayed by by ray danton in the george raft story 1961, nicholas mayer in. Who can forget 1961s allied artists production of the george raft story, costarring ray danton as raft and one jayne mansfield as his lover of the time, lisa lang. Ray danton played raft in the george raft story 1961, which costarred jayne mansfield. Rafts life was dramatised a second time with allied artists the george raft story 1961, starring ray danton in the title role a movie much mocked for its many fictitious aspects but a bit of truth sneaks in such as rafts difficulty to separate the roles he played from himself. With ray danton, jayne mansfield, julie london, barrie chase. Jayne mansfield in the george raft story 1961 youtube.
Raft himself, however, excoriated the film upon its release due to inaccuracies. Buy the george raft story dvd manufactured on demand, mono sound, widescreen at. The picture was retitled spin of a coin for release in the united kingdom, a reference to raft s characters nickelflipping trick in scarface 1932, the film that launched raft s career as an actor known for portraying gangsters. He was portrayed by ray danton in the biopic the george raft story 1961. Not many actors in hollywoods history have lived as notorious a life as george raft the subject of scarface. He lives with actress lisa lang jayne mansfield in a. Streetswings dancer history archives george raft main. The george raft story 1961 stream and watch online. The late entry the george raft story 1961 turns the formula inside out with the biopic of an actordancer who played gangsters in the movies and mixed with them in real life as well. Tbt how george raft made humphrey bogart a star almost. Raft used his many mob connections to cancel the hit. The cast also includes jayne mansfield, barrie chase, julie london, neville brand and frank gorshin. Ray danton, who bears no resemblance to raft, wisely foregoes any attempt at duplication and. George raft was instrumental in the development of the character of the hardboiled gangster, a character that became a standard of the american cinema for decades.
George raft at the roulette wheel in the house across the bay 1940. The cast also includes jayne mansfield, barrie chase, julie london. George raft celebrity profile check out the latest george raft photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Most of his film appearances after 1960 were cameos. Cagney at that time was president of the screen actors guild and was determined not to let the mob infiltrate the industry. In doing this series, theres been several actors throughout the fifties and sixties who have given away the rights to their life story, for various reasons, while theyre still alive.
National security internet archive nsia additional collections. In a close huddle with 22year old barbara lashbrook, george raft switches from the twist to. Newmans 1961 film biography of the nightclub dancerturnedmovie star. The george raft story 1961 11221961 us drama 1h 46m user score. So he sold the story of his life to b studio allied artists and the result was the george raft story. George raft was one of the few tough guy movie stars who could lay claim to being the genuine article. During his lengthy show business career, george raft achieved the reputation as one of the screens toughest and most convincing movie mobsters. Born in the notorious hells kitchen section of new york among his best friends was benjamin bugsy siegel, he supported himself as a moving man, prizefighter, and driver for gangster boss owney madden. In the mid 60s he was denied entry into england where he managed a highclass gambling club due to his underworld associations. Dancer george raft ray danton finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. Trivia point raft is one of the few hollywood actors to have a movie based on his life filmed while he was still alive. The george raft story 1961 stream deutsch hd filme kostenlos. The george raft story 1961 the movie database tmdb. He was labeled as hollywoods gigolo by many fan magazines.
The george raft story 1961 journeys in classic film. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The george raft story was made in 1961 and a character in francis ford coppolas cotton club was based on raft richard gere played that part. Famed for tossing a coin in the howard hawks classic scarface 1932, george. In fact, he fit the type so well that his rather shady background became the object of endless speculation, and both the public and the studio refused to accept him in any but the. It was here his past would catch up with him as a gigolo. Released 1961, the george raft story stars raydanton, jaynemansfield, julielondon, barriechase the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Cast also includes jayne mansfield in a role loosely based on betty grable. Ray danton plays the title role in director joseph m. An inaccurate, insensitive portrait of one of hollywoods most talented, sensitive, but insecure legends. This is an interesting biography of the actor known for his gangster roles in films, and though ray danton plays the part of george raft without looking like him in the least, he is still. If you do get a chance to see it youll see that she was very good. In the 1991 biographical movie bugsy, the character of george raft was played by joe mantegna.
The george raft story 1961 have i mentioned that the 1960s was not the time to have a biopic about you made. This actionfilled drama tells the story of this incredible man from his humble beginnings as an exhibition dancer to his meeting with al capone. Raft had a nice part in marilyn monroes some like it hot, with a stellar cast including marilyn monroe, jack lemmon and tony curtis. Newman, with ray danton, jayne mansfield, julie london, at turner classic movies. The george raft story is a 1961 american biographical film of hollywood film star george raft. The george raft story 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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