Search results for "George Raft"
Limehouse Blues

Limehouse Blues

Limehouse Blues
IMDb: 6.1
63

Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seamy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Mr. Ace

Mr. Ace

Mr. Ace
IMDb: 6.1
84

A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.

Genre: Drama
Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro
IMDb: 6.4
81

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he’s the hunted.

Genre: Crime
Background to Danger

Background to Danger

Background to Danger
IMDb: 6.4
80

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
IMDb: 8.2
122

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an…

Black Widow

Black Widow

Black Widow
IMDb: 6.7
95

A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million
IMDb: 7
88

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Scarface

Scarface

Scarface
IMDb: 7.7
93

A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man
IMDb: 6.3
95

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by…

Genre: Comedy
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
IMDb: 7.2
95

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay
IMDb: 6.5
88

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt (George Raft) sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for…

Genre: Drama
You and Me

You and Me

You and Me
IMDb: 6.9
94

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his ’employed-prison-graduates’ are Helen…

Nocturne

Nocturne

Nocturne
IMDb: 6.5
87

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn’t so sure.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons
IMDb: 4.9
104

While travelling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell accidentally stumbles into the middle of criminal negotiations between a mean gang, the Five Golden Dragons and the local mobsters.

Genre: Action, Drama
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve
IMDb: 5.7
93

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die
IMDb: 7.3
92

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter’s criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North
IMDb: 6.7
110

Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates and the other aligns with local vigilantes.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes
IMDb: 6.7
81

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Night After Night

Night After Night

Night After Night
IMDb: 6.7
73

A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Skidoo

Skidoo

Skidoo
IMDb: 4.6
97

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is 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…

Genre: Comedy
Nob Hill

Nob Hill

Nob Hill
IMDb: 6.3
95

A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco’s high society. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film was released in 1945.

Genre: Drama, Music
Loan Shark

Loan Shark

Loan Shark
IMDb: 6.3
79

A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharkers, a union leader…

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey
IMDb: 6
85

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction,…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Palmy Days

Palmy Days

Palmy Days
IMDb: 7.1
77

Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: “Glorifying the American Doughnut”) with Eddie Cantor as an assistant to a phoney psychic, who is mistaken for an efficiency expert…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession
IMDb: 6
79

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

Genre: Crime
Bolero

Bolero

Bolero
IMDb: 6.6
85

The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.

Genre: Drama
Race Street

Race Street

Race Street
IMDb: 6.5
79

A night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.

Genre: Crime
Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel
IMDb: 6.3
79

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father’s mysterious death.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Manpower

Manpower

Manpower
IMDb: 6.6
104

Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea
IMDb: 6.9
92

Michael ‘Nuggin’ Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

Genre: Adventure
The Bowery

The Bowery

The Bowery
IMDb: 6.8
92

“In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves … but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop
IMDb: 5.5
85

When beautiful Mary returns to her “whistle stop” home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand
IMDb: 6.1
94

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. And an undercover…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Escape Route

Escape Route

Escape Route
IMDb: 5.5
78

When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.

Genre: Crime, Thriller