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The George Raft Story is a 1961 American biographical film directed by Joseph M. Newman that stars Ray Danton as Hollywood film star George Raft.
Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where he wins a role in the film "Scarface" and becomes famous.
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- Biography, Drama
- Joseph M. Newman
- 1961-11-22
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895 or 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s.
The late entry The George Raft Story (1961) turns the formula inside out with the biopic of an actor-dancer who played gangsters in the movies and mixed with them in real life as well. Famed for tossing a coin in the Howard Hawks classic Scarface (1932), George Raft also claimed to have
- Joseph M. Newman, Lindsley Parsons Jr.
- Ray Danton
Not many actors in Hollywood's history have lived as notorious a life as George Raft (the subject of "Scarface"). This action-filled drama tells the story of...
The George Raft Story. A Broadway dancer (Ray Danton) goes to Hollywood and begins his movie career as a gangster in "Scarface." Rent The George Raft Story on Fandango at Home, Prime Video,...
- Biography
Without getting into any in-depth plumbing of the actor's life, the story begins with the young Raft making his way in New York as a dancer and rubbing shoulders with underworld figures. Then he goes to Hollywood where he eventually finds fame in the film Scarface and gets typecast as a gangster.
