George Raft was Unbeatable! I love all the Warner Bros ‘Tough Guys’, but Nobody compares to George Raft. He had the look, the voice and the charisma! He is my Favorite Classic film star! ❤️💯
Mr. Raft always had the walk of proud and dignified with purpose! And who could forget that wonderful voice! One of the truly great actors! I love British movies This movie had great suspense carried off by all! Thank you for sharing this movie with us all!
Yes. I've seen a few of Mr. Raft's gangster films before this. I looked him up on IMDB, and he was a dancer, which helps understand how he carried himself so smoothly.
@@dougcase7545 I believe I saw him on YT dancing the Tango! The man knew how to be very “steamy “ !😉 He really was an extremely good dancer. His foot work is to be admired as opposed to me with two left feet!!! 😉
He got his start dancing in Speakeasy's during prohibition. Another interesting fact about him is that he couldn't read, at least when he started in movies. Don't know if he ever learned to or not. There was a movie made about his life.
@Snitch-Cardian just watched that scene. Great dancer, appreciating the subtleties involved in a tango soon tossing her in circles like he was slinging water off washed celery the next, BRUTAL!
I grew up on Classic movies watching them with my parents & siblings. George Raft has been one of my favorites, along with James Gagney since I first saw "Each Dawn I Die" which started with George Raft & James Gagney. These two actors with Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Carry Grant, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewert, Edward Arnold, Eryl Flynn, Jack Carson, Zachery Scott, Robert Cummings, and John Wayne. The Actor George Raft slapped was also in "Each Dawn I Die". A great cast of Actors. The lead Actress in this movie, I just watched a movie with David Gavin & she was very good in that movie also!!! I love Classic Movies, I now watch them with my son as my parents did with me!!! We have pictures of a lot of Classic Actors on the wall in our movie-watching room where all of our Classic Movies are kept about 2000 Classic Movies. We have quite a collection & now we have discovered The Magic Of TH-cam Classic Movie Collection, Awesome!!! Happy Holidays Everyone to You & All Of Your Loved Ones. Blessings to you All Forever, not just for 1 day but Forever!!!
Yeah! YT its good for watching classic old movies, l agree, at least it serves our interests as well but for the rest...Blessings to you too for eternity.
Boy, do I ever remember those telephones n typewriters n business suits, both male n female versions, from growing up in the 1960's!!! Such GREAT memories!!! Cars, too, though I was born in 1957 I did grow up surrounded by all those styles of items!! It is why I watch these black n whites, to relish the good times of life back then!!! The times now are sooo unsatisfying that I need to recall the BEST of TIMES that have long since passed us by, leaving a hollow, empty existence that I am stuck in now!!! Thanks for posting!!!
I'd have like to see George portray a mobster. Like Dutch Schultz or Waxy Gordon....bet he would have found another level as a straight-up, non-Italian killer black-market businessman.
Wow. Just read he turned down THREE roles Bogart took and ran with....had a good agent, maybe low self-esteem or delusions of something else, maybe he didn't wanna go in a particular Hollywood direction with Satan....The worlds overdue for some old school could-have-been tell-alls. Hollywood is a corporate cesspool of legal gangsters now, and any films that are not big studio biopics suck ASSSSSSS!
@Cracktaculus raft played plenty of mobster/gangster roles in his early career Edit: a couple of great performances are in the original "scarface", and his vignette as a forger in "if I had a million", both well worth watching if you enjoy 1930s talkies
The scenes at the start were also actually filmed in the locations they claimed to be ... Berlin, London and the USA are totally different in their architecture, from the houses down to the roads.
Me too. Interesting movie, good solid plot. Hold my attention. Very good acting from everyone. Yes, it's a B-Movie with (presumably) tight budget, but the result came out well. The camera work and photography is very well done 👌 I liked watching this Film 🙂
A great story! I wondered where it was all going for a while until it was revealed just 'who' George Raft was playing. I too noticed the musical references to, "The song of the Volga boatmen". A very enjoyable movie experience, thank you.
The second time I have seen this great movie ...and it was so easy to follow this time around. Great acting, good cast, enjoyed it....Thankyou for posting Sprocket Vault
My mom and I had never seen this George Raft movie, so we had to watch it of course and even though I don't like espionage movies (I like a murder) we both loved this one. Very clever writing. and good twists plus I am going to look up some more Sally Gray movies. Thank you.
George was a Taxi dancer for hire. Women would buy a ticket and George would dance with them. Cagney was a Taxi dancer too. George also had a dance routine he learned in Harlem at the Cotton Club. He would do a shim sham routine for the troops in the rain in WW2 anywhere he could fit a stage. Anything to entertain the troops. George is also credited with bringing the Rumba to the United States and was featured in a movie dancing it with Carole Lombard, the future Mrs. Clark Gable.
My Father was the owner of Monseigor in Paris, a nightclub frequented by American stars and starlets. He came to know Raft (among others) fairly well over the years) and our family photo albums reflect it.
Fugitive ( George raft) enters England 🏴 illegally following the disappearance of several noted atom scientists and is drafted to work as a military intelligence operative! A very fine movie 🍿-the interaction between Mr raft and sally gray is quite interesting for a spy thriller! There is a lot of action and suspense before the end of the movie! -never underestimate George raft -he’s quite an actor! Good to watch! 👍👍👍👍💥🔥😳🙀😀😮😮😮
Really good. Good to see how London was at that time too. But fancy flying into 'London airport' and slipping off to some outbuildings, avoiding all the immigation and customs, and on out of the airport without detection! Fine security:) They wouldn't believe the complex palaver we have at airports these days. Thanks, it was very entertaining.
My Uncle Ronald Paris, my Mother m's older brother, looked EXACTLY like George Raft, bith with hat on and off. I ALWAYS remeber him every time I see George Raft, who was also good friends with gangster Ben "Bugsy" Siegal in Hollywood in the 1940's!! This is mt favourite time period ever n my favourite film genre as well. Thanks for posting!!
On a Tonight Show appearance, Raft stated he never saw one of his films. He thought it was bad luck. He would go so far as to avoid the block where one of his films was playing.
Cool movie, after the war plane designers or rocket scientists were in demand, the begining of the build up to the cold war. Great era for these film noir
George Raft is interred in the Courts of Remembrance section of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. His grave is not that easy to find, but I did. He rests side by side with Freddie Prinze.
Thank you so much Mr Vault for this very rare movie 🎥 Quite spectacular and what fabulous acting by George Raft ❤ Could you please show the Shootist with John Wayne in your free movies 🍿 Thank you so much 🌺🌷🌾
Thank you for this! Great to see shots of London docks in the 50's. I really enjoyed the musical references too, giving us little clues as we went along. I really enjoy British Noir. Do you have any more? Thank you.
Patricia Laffan (Miss Brookes) was in Quo Vadis a few years earlier, and was the villain in Devil Girl From Mars the year after this film was released.
Went down a rabbithole with the ad on the bus. Crosse and Blackwell Salad Cream. Salad cream is a vinegary version of US mayo. They still make it, along with all kinds of other sauces.
George raft was an easy 5’7”. Most of Hollywoods great actors were shorter in stature . Having shorter male counterparts was very common . Peter Lorre for example.
Lorre is a strange choice for comparison, I'd suggest someone like Cagney who in addition to being of shorter stature, was also a dancer and leading man like Raft... Lorre wasn't really either , as much as I enjoy his work.
That car that George Raft is driving: - 1952 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Sports Saloon Mk.II (4-door Sports Saloon) - Mk.II produced were from 1948 - 1954 - Engine 2267cc S4 OHV - This engine was used on the 'Humber Hawk' - 1000 units made in 1952 of this model - Reinforced rear frame - Hypoid rear axle - Coil independent front suspension - Sliding roof standard - Top speed approx. 80/85mph This model 1952 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Sports Saloon Mk.II was availble as a 'Sports Saloon' (as this one in the film) or a 'Drophead Coupe' aka; softtop convertable. I also believe that the rear fender wheel-well covers were only used on the Mk.II 1952 models, not quite sure but almost 100% certain about that!
@@davidyancey2807 no it was the times the lady always asked the guy to drive or expected them to do that same as walking on the curb side of the sidewalk and leading in a dance among other things we don't do today
Wow that's pretty good I hope you didn't use google search or Suri ect, I remember when I was younger and afew of us would pitch in for gas it was like one person would have .86 cents, another 1.25$ and the other anywhere from. 30cents to a buck &a half and we would go cruising most of the night, we would check out the prostitutes hay we were young and curious but we never hassle them then to the edge of the city, portage avenue it was dead on Sunday night we would instigate street racing we did pretty good considering it was stock we pulled beside a decked out car racing tires fancy paint job mostly flames of course so you pull up while driving rev it up a few times ours was automatic so you drop in those two low gears not many used if at all. Then stomp on it make alot of noise but didn't speed ahead much make them think ours was not running well or just sucked anyway there I go again rambling I wasn't much of a car person but the others going down the highway so no street lights the car in front of you was just tale lights and they knew what kind and what year it was just from tale light that really impressed me try to do any. Of that now for get it. Especially the gas part all together like five bucks or so give or take three $ that was late eighties
Really appreciate the quality, Sprocket Vault. It seems >50% of classic movies in these archives are barely watchable....... I've heard that material with low viewership and high age gets compressed for storage space maintenance. All it takes is a couple compression cycles and you'll wonder if it's a person or bonobo ape on screen...... which pixel is the eye? Just realized I've seen this gem but in quite lower quality....... big thanks :)
Thank you! The Sprocket Vault is owned by Kit Parker Films and VCI Entertainment. As producers, we have access to the original negatives to most of the movies we post; that is why they look so good.
Tigerone 2 weeks ago: Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (née Stevens; 14 February 1915 - 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress... Born: Constance Vera Stevens; 14 February 1915... Died: 24 September 2006 (aged 91); London, The most notable role of her career was as Carole Peters Radecki opposite Antom Walbrook in the famous WW2 film Dangerous Moonlight which featured in its musical score Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto. Also in this film is John Laurie, Hughe's father and a bit part by Michael Rennie. I'll Get You was made in Britain and screenrd as Escape Route there. Sally Gray was a striking blond alright
@@CC-Tron Yes. I always wondered why it was made into a big thing about Alan Ladd being short when many Hollywood stars were (and still are) as short or even shorter.
@@henrybyrd5402 It probably had something to do with the heights of the women he co-starred with. I think one of them said that he had to stand on boxes. That's probably how it started.
George was listed as 5'7 and he recalled he once went to the steam room with Bogart and notice that Bogey who was listed as 5'8 was a little shorter than him. But once they were dressed Bogey was an inch taller in street clothes.
In these old movies everyone dressed up nice. Now when people go out in public they dress like slobs. We are witnessing the moral decay of the country.
Before they killed Christ they casted lots for his garments. The tree of life has no leaves. Why cover something sacred especially when the clothes will go out of style in less than 10 years. War, human trafficking, murder etc.... WTF put on a suit for such filth? Clothes are what tipped you off that there's moral decay? I won't bother you further sir, but I refuse to bathe today. We live in a sty. Add an L and E if you want this world is a corpse.
Just remember, in those days it was difficult to do things quickly as we do them today. Just making a phone call you had to dial it 7 times and wait for the dial to return to get your number. For me, the slowness enhances the suspense.
I thought the same thing about Raft at first but have grown to appreciate him much more over time. Like Mitchum, he had a pretty laid-back and laconic delivery of his lines. Maybe that's why you call him a one-trick pony. As for turning down roles, I think it's easier to say that now than it was at the time. Predicting what is good at any moment is as hard then as it is today.
Raft has always epitomized the perfect wooden actor- I cannot see how he was given any role to play. Honestly - thank you for providing this entertaining movie!
Wasn't he a mobster or a once mobster ? Maybe that gave him some leverage to get movie roles 🤔 He wasn't one of my favourite old time actors , that's for sure . Cagney could out act him with eyes closed .....👌🇬🇧
@@keithawhosoever5384 Oh Cagney could act as wooden as they come some spy film from 1948 or 49 he was as wooden as a red injun. Without the ´dirty rat´ business he was wooden to me but l liked him just the same.
earlwest3502, George Raft had a very particular "stiff" style of acting. But many successful years in the biz! Some reasons for his popularity were those same kinds of roles he played, cool, entertaining. Audiences loved him. Not to mention his eyes, voice and the Hot dance moves! His reputation towards women was one of respect And skilful seduction. Odd, but true! 😁
George Raft gives more than a one note performance - he speaks entirely on one pitch - - i'm unfamiliar with Sally Gray - she was quite beautiful - she was in her late 30s in this film but looked younger - which made the 14 year age gap between her and Raft seem wider - this was her last film before retiring - dying slightly over 50 years later at age 91
@@aimanliser58 - using the release year of 1952 - Sally Gray was 37 & Raft would have been 51 - altho films are usually filmed months before their release
@@Cracktaculus - many old male stars had very young actresses opposite them - much more than the 14 years between Raft & Gray in this movie - Gable - Grant - Cooper - etc - it became a joke - the actresses of that generation did manage to get fairly young male costars - but it was never as dramatic and obvious as the old men/young women pairings
I do like Raft but I believe he could of tapped into his deeper talent as an actor if he would of stepped out a little from his one circumstance. I thought he expanded more in Whistle Stop. Tku for post.
I'm liking this film as much as the 2nd time I watched it! Always some funny stuff... especially attractive is toughie George Raft being arm-wrestled by the blonde, then put on kitchen duty, and the way she whipped off his frilly apron as they went on the lam! Raft's earlier films showed his humour and versatility. He was much more than just a tough guy!
I wasnt expecting this to be a Spy Film. But it was pretty good. Note the Post-War theme. Ruined buildings and the Gas Ration stickers in the windshield of the cars. Even in 1952 the Brits still had rationing of key commodities.
Film noir died out when front doors began to have peepholes, because the screen writers had come to rely so heavily on the plot element of uncertainty. Curiously, the reverse peephole episode on Seinfeld might have revived the genre had it caught on beyond the hardcore Seinfeld community.
It was only 7 years after WW2, and still the British age of coal. Homes and apartments were heated with it, electricity was generated with it, even the cooking gas was made from it. Between the war bombing, the national debt from the war, and coal there was plenty of "dirty", and not much dough to mitigate it
George Raft is one of my favourite actors, talented beyond description. Unfortunately, he is let down in this picture by a weak script and some shoddy acting by some of the supporting players. That said: the picture scores vital points through its clever cinematography which captures, poignantly, the London of 1953 - a fast fading memory for many of us.
@Sunny bob Quackers I believe it was because he was the officer leading the case as I said. He wasn't undercover to Scotland Yard or the security services.Perhaps there was an element of the writers wanting to show a cliched heavy handedness on the American side.
lol blooper alert ..... @ 2:22 the man is abducted and forced into a 4-door car's back seat, but the scene changes to the other side of car as it drives off @ 2:25 , and the car is a 2-door in that scene!!! Ooops.
I am of a mind that this is more if an espionage film rather than film noir, as the gritty, night time street scenes n the shoot outs seem the be missing as well as the physical violence usually brought upon someone in the typical noir film. George Raft is quite a bit older in this movie.
George Raft was Unbeatable!
I love all the Warner Bros ‘Tough
Guys’, but Nobody compares to
George Raft. He had the look, the
voice and the charisma! He is my
Favorite Classic film star! ❤️💯
I am a massive James Cagney fan myself.
Humphrey Bogart?
Hi
Humphrey Bogart lacked charisma n cldnt dance @@totallyfrozen
Good movie, George Raft made his character alive and performed well. He wore his hat with style.
i agree
@@onlythewise1 I disagree
@@PeterPete not
Mr. Raft always had the walk of proud and dignified with purpose! And who could forget that wonderful voice! One of the truly great actors!
I love British movies
This movie had great suspense carried off by all!
Thank you for sharing this movie with us all!
Yes. I've seen a few of Mr. Raft's gangster films before this. I looked him up on IMDB, and he was a dancer, which helps understand how he carried himself so smoothly.
@@dougcase7545 I believe I saw him on YT dancing the Tango! The man knew how to be very “steamy “ !😉 He really was an extremely good dancer. His foot work is to be admired as opposed to me with two left feet!!! 😉
And his dancing!
He got his start dancing in Speakeasy's during prohibition. Another interesting fact about him is that he couldn't read, at least when he started in movies. Don't know if he ever learned to or not. There was a movie made about his life.
@Snitch-Cardian just watched that scene. Great dancer, appreciating the subtleties involved in a tango soon tossing her in circles like he was slinging water off washed celery the next, BRUTAL!
It seems anything with George Raft never disappoints. Thanks for posting.
Thrilled to watch this movie. I just found George again! He is such a good actor and dancer. Thanks for posting.
I grew up on Classic movies watching them with my parents & siblings. George Raft has been one of my favorites, along with James Gagney since I first saw "Each Dawn I Die" which started with George Raft & James Gagney. These two actors with Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Carry Grant, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewert, Edward Arnold, Eryl Flynn, Jack Carson, Zachery Scott, Robert Cummings, and John Wayne. The Actor George Raft slapped was also in "Each Dawn I Die". A great cast of Actors. The lead Actress in this movie, I just watched a movie with David Gavin & she was very good in that movie also!!! I love Classic Movies, I now watch them with my son as my parents did with me!!! We have pictures of a lot of Classic Actors on the wall in our movie-watching room where all of our Classic Movies are kept about 2000 Classic Movies. We have quite a collection & now we have discovered The Magic Of TH-cam Classic Movie Collection, Awesome!!! Happy Holidays Everyone to You & All Of Your Loved Ones. Blessings to you All Forever, not just for 1 day but Forever!!!
Yeah! YT its good for watching classic old movies, l agree, at least it serves our interests as well but for the rest...Blessings to you too for eternity.
....✌️💖🥂
That's nice .
the name was Cagney not Gagney
George Raft was the greatest. I liked the musical quotes from the Volga Boat Men's Song. And I loved it when the dame got the drop on George.
you also noticed the Volga Boatmen music quotes! wow
Boy, do I ever remember those telephones n typewriters n business suits, both male n female versions, from growing up in the 1960's!!! Such GREAT memories!!! Cars, too, though I was born in 1957 I did grow up surrounded by all those styles of items!! It is why I watch these black n whites, to relish the good times of life back then!!! The times now are sooo unsatisfying that I need to recall the BEST of TIMES that have long since passed us by, leaving a hollow, empty existence that I am stuck in now!!! Thanks for posting!!!
You're welcome, and thanks for writing!
Love George Raft, great actor. Wish he made more movies. ❤
He turned down films that Bogie took.
I'd have like to see George portray a mobster. Like Dutch Schultz or Waxy Gordon....bet he would have found another level as a straight-up, non-Italian killer black-market businessman.
Wow. Just read he turned down THREE roles Bogart took and ran with....had a good agent, maybe low self-esteem or delusions of something else, maybe he didn't wanna go in a particular Hollywood direction with Satan....The worlds overdue for some old school could-have-been tell-alls. Hollywood is a corporate cesspool of legal gangsters now, and any films that are not big studio biopics suck ASSSSSSS!
You know he's dead, right? You mean you wish he _had made_ more movies.
@Cracktaculus raft played plenty of mobster/gangster roles in his early career
Edit: a couple of great performances are in the original "scarface", and his vignette as a forger in "if I had a million", both well worth watching if you enjoy 1930s talkies
Cute little noir. Interesting post-war London. George Raft could still pull it off in this one.
The scenes at the start were also actually filmed in the locations they claimed to be ... Berlin, London and the USA are totally different in their architecture, from the houses down to the roads.
Never knew Mr raft till found him in multiple movies. Good actor .
That’s the first time that I’ve seen this film and I enjoyed it very much
Me too. Interesting movie, good solid plot. Hold my attention. Very good acting from everyone. Yes, it's a B-Movie with (presumably) tight budget, but the result came out well. The camera work and photography is very well done 👌
I liked watching this Film 🙂
Great Movie 🎬 i love George Raft, brilliant actor. Thanks so much. We love the oldies. 👋👋👌🫶🇨🇮
You're welcome!
A great story! I wondered where it was all going for a while until it was revealed just 'who' George Raft was playing. I too noticed the musical references to, "The song of the Volga boatmen". A very enjoyable movie experience, thank you.
Definitely a very worthwhile *_"Oldie But Goodie"....._* Thanks Sprocket Vault for a NICE 1080p HD film copy.... TOO!!! 👍
You bet!
Excellent movie! I love George Raft! Thanks for posting!
The second time I have seen this great movie ...and it was so easy to follow this time around. Great acting, good cast, enjoyed it....Thankyou for posting Sprocket Vault
My mom and I had never seen this George Raft movie, so we had to watch it of course and even though I don't like espionage movies (I like a murder) we both loved this one. Very clever writing. and good twists plus I am going to look up some more Sally Gray movies. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this good old movie 🎬 👍.
Enjoyable late night viewing. Thank you for the upload.
Fabulous movie, thank you so much for sharing 🎬🇺🇲🇬🇧🏁
I love Raft's confident walk. Seen it in so many of his movies.
I think he was a dancer and knew how to move.
George was a Taxi dancer for hire. Women would buy a ticket and George would dance with them. Cagney was a Taxi dancer too.
George also had a dance routine he learned in Harlem at the Cotton Club. He would do a shim sham routine for the troops in the rain in WW2 anywhere he could fit a stage. Anything to entertain the troops.
George is also credited with bringing the Rumba to the United States and was featured in a movie dancing it with Carole Lombard, the future Mrs. Clark Gable.
Just pure class.
I always loved George Raft!
Great Intriguing plot! Great Film!
I love the snive remarks in the dialog.
My Father was the owner of Monseigor in Paris, a nightclub frequented by American stars and starlets. He came to know Raft (among others) fairly well over the years) and our family photo albums reflect it.
Often the way George delivered his lines was so bad that it was good. He had a mighty screen presence.
Fugitive ( George raft) enters England 🏴 illegally following the disappearance of several noted atom scientists and is drafted to work as a military intelligence operative! A very fine movie 🍿-the interaction between Mr raft and sally gray is quite interesting for a spy thriller! There is a lot of action and suspense before the end of the movie! -never underestimate George raft -he’s quite an actor! Good to watch! 👍👍👍👍💥🔥😳🙀😀😮😮😮
Really good. Good to see how London was at that time too. But fancy flying into 'London airport' and slipping off to some outbuildings, avoiding all the immigation and customs, and on out of the airport without detection! Fine security:) They wouldn't believe the complex palaver we have at airports these days. Thanks, it was very entertaining.
Never have seen this George Raft movie before. Very classy. I enjoyed it very much!
Great film thank you. 🇬🇧
My Uncle Ronald Paris, my Mother m's older brother, looked EXACTLY like George Raft, bith with hat on and off. I ALWAYS remeber him every time I see George Raft, who was also good friends with gangster Ben "Bugsy" Siegal in Hollywood in the 1940's!! This is mt favourite time period ever n my favourite film genre as well. Thanks for posting!!
...and thanks for watching!
George raft was shorter than 5 ft 11 in. Cool little Noir!
Never seen this before...a hidden gem.
Why "hidden"? It has over a half million views.
On a Tonight Show appearance, Raft stated he never saw one of his films. He thought it was bad luck. He would go so far as to avoid the block where one of his films was playing.
love george raft. hes such a presence. cool and classy.
Cool movie, after the war plane designers or rocket scientists were in demand, the begining of the build up to the cold war. Great era for these film noir
Yeah fake cold war!
George Raft is interred in the Courts of Remembrance section of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. His grave is not that easy to find, but I did. He rests side by side with Freddie Prinze.
George Raft was my mothers favorite actor so good looking and could he ever dance------------smooth.
My mother loved George Raft and always commented on his dancing. He was a dancer before becoming an actor and oh those bedroom eyes.
Thank you so much Mr Vault for this very rare movie 🎥
Quite spectacular and what fabulous acting by George Raft ❤
Could you please show the Shootist with John Wayne in your free movies 🍿
Thank you so much 🌺🌷🌾
Thank you for this! Great to see shots of London docks in the 50's. I really enjoyed the musical references too, giving us little clues as we went along. I really enjoy British Noir. Do you have any more? Thank you.
Patricia Laffan (Miss Brookes) was in Quo Vadis a few years earlier, and was the villain in Devil Girl From Mars the year after this film was released.
What a striking woman Ms Laffan was, too. It's good to know she made old bones... she died in 2014 at 94 yo.
She was also in Hidden homicide.Lovely nose and eyes!
Pompea from Quo Vadis what a striking profile she had Patricia Laffan.
I cherish propeller airplanes. The sound is soothing.
Always blows my mind how small the credits are on these old films. This whole movie was made by two dozen people.
I love old movies
Very good movie, enjoyed this one.
Went down a rabbithole with the ad on the bus. Crosse and Blackwell Salad Cream. Salad cream is a vinegary version of US mayo. They still make it, along with all kinds of other sauces.
I cannot turn off the trivial mind. It gleans where it will.
That was a most enjoyable movie I had not seen! 👍
Thanks appreciate the upload!
Plot twists all over. Some action. Enjoyed this film
George raft was an easy 5’7”. Most of Hollywoods great actors were shorter in stature . Having shorter male counterparts was very common . Peter Lorre for example.
Lorre is a strange choice for comparison, I'd suggest someone like Cagney who in addition to being of shorter stature, was also a dancer and leading man like Raft... Lorre wasn't really either , as much as I enjoy his work.
A really good movie.
I love that breaks boundaries that don't matter now she drives he cooks ect
That car that George Raft is driving:
- 1952 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Sports Saloon Mk.II (4-door Sports Saloon)
- Mk.II produced were from 1948 - 1954
- Engine 2267cc S4 OHV - This engine was used on the 'Humber Hawk'
- 1000 units made in 1952 of this model
- Reinforced rear frame
- Hypoid rear axle
- Coil independent front suspension
- Sliding roof standard
- Top speed approx. 80/85mph
This model 1952 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Sports Saloon Mk.II was availble as a 'Sports Saloon' (as this one in the film) or a 'Drophead Coupe' aka; softtop convertable. I also believe that the rear fender wheel-well covers were only used on the Mk.II 1952 models, not quite sure but almost 100% certain about that!
I'm impressed.
Blah blah blah
Real low key for counterintelligence work. Probably a manual transmission (she keeps insisting Raft drives).
@@davidyancey2807 no it was the times the lady always asked the guy to drive or expected them to do that same as walking on the curb side of the sidewalk and leading in a dance among other things we don't do today
Wow that's pretty good I hope you didn't use google search or Suri ect, I remember when I was younger and afew of us would pitch in for gas it was like one person would have .86 cents, another 1.25$ and the other anywhere from. 30cents to a buck &a half and we would go cruising most of the night, we would check out the prostitutes hay we were young and curious but we never hassle them then to the edge of the city, portage avenue it was dead on Sunday night we would instigate street racing we did pretty good considering it was stock we pulled beside a decked out car racing tires fancy paint job mostly flames of course so you pull up while driving rev it up a few times ours was automatic so you drop in those two low gears not many used if at all. Then stomp on it make alot of noise but didn't speed ahead much make them think ours was not running well or just sucked anyway there I go again rambling I wasn't much of a car person but the others going down the highway so no street lights the car in front of you was just tale lights and they knew what kind and what year it was just from tale light that really impressed me try to do any. Of that now for get it. Especially the gas part all together like five bucks or so give or take three $ that was late eighties
His movies with Lombard are the best.
Really appreciate the quality, Sprocket Vault. It seems >50% of classic movies in these archives are barely watchable....... I've heard that material with low viewership and high age gets compressed for storage space maintenance. All it takes is a couple compression cycles and you'll wonder if it's a person or bonobo ape on screen...... which pixel is the eye? Just realized I've seen this gem but in quite lower quality....... big thanks :)
Thank you! The Sprocket Vault is owned by Kit Parker Films and VCI Entertainment. As producers, we have access to the original negatives to most of the movies we post; that is why they look so good.
Patricia laften is for me was always a gorgeous woman. Devil Girl from Mars and Quo Vadis come to mind . Stunning in both.
38 minutes into this and I can't make heads or 🙃- but the noir is so beautiful! I'm sticking with it!
Go a
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Thanks for a good movie!!
The character Johnny "Sack" Sacrimoni from the Soprano's is reminiscent of George Raft, sans the ever present cigarette.
It's a good movie, but it's not film noir. Remember that, although all film noir are crime movies, not all crime movies are film noir.
and not all black+white movies are film noir, which also seems to be a misconception.
Tigerone 2 weeks ago:
Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (née Stevens; 14 February 1915 - 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress...
Born: Constance Vera Stevens; 14 February 1915...
Died: 24 September 2006 (aged 91); London,
The most notable role of her career was as Carole Peters Radecki opposite Antom Walbrook in the famous WW2 film Dangerous Moonlight which featured in its musical score Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto. Also in this film is John Laurie, Hughe's father and a bit part by Michael Rennie.
I'll Get You was made in Britain and screenrd as Escape Route there.
Sally Gray was a striking blond alright
He went past the "HD" on the brick wall three times! I wonder if they do this to see if we are paying attention?😊
"Not a chance, baby"
Classic.
Nice quick explanation 😊
what an all out beauty
Five foot eleven? I didn't notice George wearing high heels when he got off the plane!
I was thinking the same thing. He was around the same height as Alan Ladd. 5 ft. 7.
@@CC-Tron Yes. I always wondered why it was made into a big thing about Alaln Ladd being short when
@@CC-Tron Yes. I always wondered why it was made into a big thing about Alan Ladd being short when many Hollywood stars were (and still are) as short or even shorter.
@@henrybyrd5402 It probably had something to do with the heights of the women he co-starred with. I think one of them said that he had to stand on boxes. That's probably how it started.
George was listed as 5'7 and he recalled he once went to the steam room with Bogart and notice that Bogey who was listed as 5'8 was a little shorter than him. But once they were dressed Bogey was an inch taller in street clothes.
Really liked George Raft, Sally Gray
In these old movies everyone dressed up nice. Now when people go out in public they dress like slobs. We are witnessing the moral decay of the country.
Before they killed Christ they casted lots for his garments. The tree of life has no leaves. Why cover something sacred especially when the clothes will go out of style in less than 10 years. War, human trafficking, murder etc.... WTF put on a suit for such filth? Clothes are what tipped you off that there's moral decay? I won't bother you further sir, but I refuse to bathe today. We live in a sty. Add an L and E if you want this world is a corpse.
I don't miss the shoes. High heels!
It started with unisex dressing...then, casual wear, everywhere
@@islanderbyrd1881 they fidntvall wear high heels..they wore lower heels, and also dancing shoes with front strap
I agree so I just dress up. I don't mind if I am the only one because I do appreciate it. Hope you will dress up too. LoL. Take care.
A very decent film. Slower than some but still entertaining. She was a gorgeous woman. So natural looking and beautiful.
Just remember, in those days it was difficult to do things quickly as we do them today. Just making a phone call you had to dial it 7 times and wait for the dial to return to get your number.
For me, the slowness enhances the suspense.
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Sally Gray Green for danger.Once seen,never forgotten.
Happy Friday! 17/2/2023 London UK 🇬🇧 *note* copyright 1952 not 1953
George Raft was a one trick pony to me. He refused, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, High Siara, and Double Indemnity .He helped make Bogart a star .
I thought the same thing about Raft at first but have grown to appreciate him much more over time. Like Mitchum, he had a pretty laid-back and laconic delivery of his lines. Maybe that's why you call him a one-trick pony. As for turning down roles, I think it's easier to say that now than it was at the time. Predicting what is good at any moment is as hard then as it is today.
@@susanfaulkner2304 Yes, that's one of my favorite films, They Drive by Night.
Excellent
Raft has always epitomized the perfect wooden actor- I cannot see how he was given any role to play. Honestly - thank you for providing this entertaining movie!
Think “Dragnet”.
Wasn't he a mobster or a once mobster ?
Maybe that gave him some leverage to get movie roles 🤔
He wasn't one of my favourite old time actors , that's for sure .
Cagney could out act him with eyes closed .....👌🇬🇧
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Oh Cagney could act as wooden as they come some spy
film from 1948 or 49 he was as wooden as a red injun.
Without the ´dirty rat´ business he was wooden to me
but l liked him just the same.
earlwest3502, George Raft had a very particular "stiff" style of acting. But many successful years in the biz! Some reasons for his popularity were those same kinds of roles he played, cool, entertaining. Audiences loved him. Not to mention his eyes, voice and the Hot dance moves! His reputation towards women was one of respect And skilful seduction. Odd, but true! 😁
George Raft gives more than a one note performance - he speaks entirely on one pitch - - i'm unfamiliar with Sally Gray - she was quite beautiful - she was in her late 30s in this film but looked younger - which made the 14 year age gap between her and Raft seem wider - this was her last film before retiring - dying slightly over 50 years later at age 91
Yes, Sally was a flawless beauty: no need for her to "flaunt" herself-and she never did !
Almost exactly what l was expected, 39 for her and 57 for him.
@@aimanliser58 - using the release year of 1952 - Sally Gray was 37 & Raft would have been 51 - altho films are usually filmed months before their release
They always cast Raft with younger women, gramps got the dame's in all his flicks!
@@Cracktaculus - many old male stars had very young actresses opposite them - much more than the 14 years between Raft & Gray in this movie - Gable - Grant - Cooper - etc - it became a joke - the actresses of that generation did manage to get fairly young male costars - but it was never as dramatic and obvious as the old men/young women pairings
I thought it was the film I was thinking of as soon as I saw the credits Sally Gray'....it was made under the title of Escape Route.
Worth watching
George Raft 5’11”. British Taxi, 0- 60 by next day……film directors licence…great stuff.
I love movie like this Great movie
I do like Raft but I believe he could of tapped into his deeper talent as an actor if he would of stepped out a little from his one circumstance. I thought he expanded more in Whistle Stop. Tku for post.
Glad you liked it, but I'm sorry to say "The Shootist" is not available to us.
I'm liking this film as much as the 2nd time I watched it! Always some funny stuff... especially attractive is toughie George Raft being arm-wrestled by the blonde, then put on kitchen duty, and the way she whipped off his frilly apron as they went on the lam! Raft's earlier films showed his humour and versatility. He was much more than just a tough guy!
I wasnt expecting this to be a Spy Film. But it was pretty good. Note the Post-War theme. Ruined buildings and the Gas Ration stickers in the windshield of the cars. Even in 1952 the Brits still had rationing of key commodities.
Film noir died out when front doors began to have peepholes, because the screen writers had come to rely so heavily on the plot element of uncertainty. Curiously, the reverse peephole episode on Seinfeld might have revived the genre had it caught on beyond the hardcore Seinfeld community.
Enjoyed this film
London looked so dirty and run down in those days. George Raft was a sharp dresser wish men looked that smart now.
It was only 7 years after WW2, and still the British age of coal. Homes and apartments were heated with it, electricity was generated with it, even the cooking gas was made from it. Between the war bombing, the national debt from the war, and coal there was plenty of "dirty", and not much dough to mitigate it
George Raft is one of my favourite actors, talented beyond description. Unfortunately, he is let down in this picture by a weak script and some shoddy acting by some of the supporting players. That said: the picture scores vital points through its clever cinematography which captures, poignantly, the London of 1953 - a fast fading memory for many of us.
That’s quite a poignant synopsis. Well done!
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Thank you, Sherrie.
Almost seventy years ago....poof.
@Sunny bob Quackers Didn't you get that he was an FBI agent posing as an engineer? And technically it was his case - he had left USA to pursue it!
@Sunny bob Quackers I believe it was because he was the officer leading the case as I said. He wasn't undercover to Scotland Yard or the security services.Perhaps there was an element of the writers wanting to show a cliched heavy handedness on the American side.
Great.
Only in old Hollywood can an older man be so incredibly attractive to a young babe. good movie
Not really. Daddy issues. Plus older usually means financial security.
obviously, you have no experience of real life
@@helloxyz ha ha,yes I. Have been sheltered : )
@@sarahholland2600 true true
Raft looked worn and his acting: wooden. I couldn't help but picture contemporaries in his role.
And they lived happily ever after.
Good ole George Raft movie. They`re always good, and a pretty blonde is too.
Good movie. Thanks
I wonder if the constant "Volga Boatman" was meant to be a hint of some kind...
Great flick
lol blooper alert ..... @ 2:22 the man is abducted and forced into a 4-door car's back seat, but the scene changes to the other side of car as it drives off @ 2:25 , and the car is a 2-door in that scene!!! Ooops.
Fairly flat and nondescript film but the tour of early 50's London makes it worthwhile.
I am of a mind that this is more if an espionage film rather than film noir, as the gritty, night time street scenes n the shoot outs seem the be missing as well as the physical violence usually brought upon someone in the typical noir film. George Raft is quite a bit older in this movie.
Great movie it’ll make those anymore
good!