Other than it being too loud, inappropriate to the scenes, pedestrian, and uninspired, it was "brilliant". Also, it's too bad the costume budget was spent on cigarettes, and women's furs for frigid Algiers temperatures, so that George only had one suit to wear during the whole film.
@@noelhall945 So??? In fact, those "connections" were rather exaggerated. Raft happened to grow up in Hell's Kitchen, a notoriously rough neighbourhood; many childhood pals happened to be hoodlums.
@@aileen694 It is a known fact that George Raft was a made man in what is now the Luchese family. He was childhood friends with Meyer Lansky, Ben Siegel, and Harry Big Greenie Greenburg.
@@eamonwright7488 I googled the Lucchese and other NY mob families. What a crew! Just curious, what is your "confirmed" source of Raft's "made man" status? Regardless, this does not diminish the man's creative energy, pure talent and past accomplishments, nor his exceptional public popularity.
George Raft made a lot of great gangster movies but my favorite non-gangster one was, "Bolero". He becomes one of the top Tango dancers in the world. It's great and Raft is the one really doing the dancing.
George Raft was not only a competent actor he was an excellent dancer and a real veteran also a real ladies man. After his extensive acting career he became a movie producer heading a major studio. He appeared in movies from the 30s until the early 70s.
@@eamonwright7488Being friends with Bugsy Siegel doesn't make anyone a "made man." Have you read any books by Mario Puzo or any journalistically written & researched book on the 5 NY "families"?
Of late, I've discovered that I enjoy coffee even more than alcohol. Was never a big drinker anyway. It's really the company of good friends I enjoy more. Coffee really is a social lubricant. These old films depict for me, old man bars and cafes. While just a film set, the atmosphere of sad, small out of the way places is appealing. Arab coffee is said to be very good.
As a kid in the 50's, I always enjoyed George Raft's movies, ( some were shown as "B" or second films!) You always knew that you would get "your money's worth", even if the "A" film wasn't that great! R.I.P. George!
It had it all... cheesy dialogue, predictable clichés, thinnest plot imaginable - but for schlock, it was decent enough... it had its charm. Definitely the type of movie you either throw popcorn at the screen or you're too busy hot and heavy with your date to be worried about things like story and entertainment value. I sat through the whole damn thing and didn't get too drunk.
I don’t get all the criticism about George Raft’s acting 🎭 being more cardboard than usual. That’s what appeals to me the most about George Raft’s performances. I find him quite droll and I love ❤️ that about his performances. For me it’s a welcome 🙏🏻 break from all of the terrible reality of what’s happening in our world 🌎 today. 🌎🌎🌎🌎
The precisely engineered kissing scenes crack me up. Don't blink or else you'll miss them. As an antique dealer, I love to pause and examine the rooms - furniture, lamps, art . There was a hay-hook hanging on a painting for some reason. And the exquisite wardrobes, of the women especially. Such elegance!
It's fun watching a film noir movie, which reads like a pulp fiction novel written for post WWII entertainment. I wonder if they even did any major shooting abroad, using only stock footage of cities outdoors. Rest are all studio lots and sets.
That was excellent. Sure you could nit-pick direction/cinematography/etc., but so much to like here. Sound track (as mentioned by others), principals, time travel. Thank you for posting.
The forgotten soundtrack artists. All music in this film, and many others of time, perfectly composed and matched to scene by seen; not an overnight task!...and...they used to say that when George Raft walked into a room, paint started peeling of the walls, flowers wilted in vases, milk turned sour, innocent bystanders lost the will to live and the world waited...that was the measure of George Raft, who simply and expertly, looked his parts.
I think George Raft was 🔥!! He just had " something" ..& definitely All MAN....love Men like that ...were a woman would always feel secure..very mportant to us girls...he oozed confidence!!!
@@deborahthomas9362 Bogart was a much better actor. The treasure of the Sierra Moddre is one hell of a movie. I think I have seen three Raft movies, they drove by night, some like it hot and this. I can’t say he is spectacular in any of them.
@@KamillGran-ch5sb l find Bogie was often the same character. Cynical often. Don't like the African Queen or the later movies. Repetitive but everyone has their own opinion. George was super sexy.
@@bambinoandmore46 I agree with your assessment of Bogie. His cynicism and his indifference towards everyone is what made him appeal to the French and for our times. I have only seen Some like it hot and this movie, so perhaps my opinion is more skewed than it should be.
Really an example of how stiff and passionless the films could be in the 50's. But the story held together well and would have been pretty gripping for the audiences of the time.
A quite good film. Interesting that it made a year before the war started. Algerian war of independence. Also, i noting that cars in those days how the doos opened. Seems the more natural way to get out of a car. Why were doors on cars changed?
Car doors were modified, updated & modernized for a sleeker look, aerodynamically-designed Pininfarina body made in Italy. Some Amer. automakers liked big gas guzzlers & 2-door sedans requiring those getting into the backseat to pull the front seat forward to get in, then the person sitting in front would get in. Germans built solid cars to last (BMW; Mercedes;VW); whereas, Italians built stylish cars for those wishing to impress.
@@higgsmerino3925 Raft, in 1937, was the third-highest-paid star in Hollywood (behind Gary Cooper and Warner Baxter), earning $202,666. He made well over 80 movies in his career, and launched Bogart's career by turning down roles in Casablanca, High Sierra, and The Maltese Falcon. For a professional dancer, I figure he was a fairly successful actor.
David Rice and higgsmerino, Yes, his was a Very successful career! I've always found Raft's acting great! True, he had a very dry style of speaking, no dramatic histrionics. But with his eyes and voice, he said lots! Just more subtle than most.
@@tammycarter6144and "resident alien 7055" (again): Good Grief...so many critics! Read a decent bio on George Raft and watch his early films and consider his unpretentious beginnings and the times he grew up in, his creative energy and accomplishments, the control by big Studios...guess that's what we see in George Raft.
George Raft played quite well the "villain" in the famous Billy Wilder's "Some like it hot"..., but I have, actually, watched "The Cairo..." to enjoy the attractive actress ... which had been one of my "charm ladies" onto the moving pictures screen during my early teen age..., as she acted as the beautiful queen THEODORA of Constantinople,.. alongside emperor Justinian...
The music sounded like it was from one of those Garde B science fiction movies from the 1950's involving mutant ants or space aliens. Actual French gold went to Canada, the US, Martinique and West Africa - some of it Belgian and that was alter all shipped to Berlin.
53:02 where he says "The Music" - It was sample in a hip hop record in years gone by, I can hear it clear as day but can't remember the name of the track... anyone know?
It's an interesting movie in that Raft is intrigued with getting close to the gold. Which is apparently the reason he gets involved in the first place. The ending is confusing with some odd things taking place on the train. Turn around and there you are and everything is okay. Anyway, worth watching while playing Solitaire.
I'm no George Raft expert, but judging from this outing his acting consisted of never changing a very stiff expression. Maybe it worked as a gangster. Here it's out of place -- he fails to respond to anything.
Until I quit smoking, a few decades ago, I used to smoke the same cigarettes unfiltered Lucky's.......kind of got a twinge when he pulled the pack out.
@@felixdzerjinsky5244 Iron Felix! You keep yourself scarce, these days. Uh-huh. We always KNEW ya chose right! Dad used to smoke 'em with his WWII Zippo ever at-the-ready. Now, about that calculator project . . . 😊
@@jamesmiller4184 We used to pay $1.00 a carton when I was overseas. That's .10 a pack......and Zippos were obligatory. Do you know what you could get for a pack of smokes in some places?
By the numbers story, but those numbers were high numbers. Tight and fairly intriguing story, solid 90 minutes. No Scorsese or Tarantino over blown trickery.
@@bambinoandmore46 I think it is he was friends with the mob, too. This is true. When I was 16 my family vacationed in Havana where the mob ruled, and I saw George there. Did you know he turned down the Rick tole in Casablanca? Thanks
@@charlescohen6140 Not true, Jack Warner (Warner Bros) wanted Raft but the Producer Hal B Wallis wanted Bogart, and it was in Wallis' contract that HE chose the star, so Warner relented. : )
@@spockboy Thanks for the correction. But it worked out fairly well. Isn't Michael Curtis the most amazing director in history? Such diverse great films.
wow great movie , at 1:12:54 when he pushes the gal and grabs the discs purse it looked like CD's in there , what a lovely movie loved it B&W films are so lovely to watch!
I'm watching these oldies and really feel it was more about the story and movie than today. Today we have these big attitude actors that stink out the scene, as they are just so full of themselves. If l start watching something from today, I just switch off 🎉😂
a real marvel, a piece of art. unfortunatelly you cut it horribly with commercials: you must know that at least I shall never buy any of the things that you improperly introduce in the economy of the story. Why not limitate yourselves with modest announcements at the beginning and the end of it? This is something called RESPECT
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The acting is not actually that bad if you consider the situation. The blocking was very amateurish, the camera work was mediocre, and the script….OMG! The script was CLUNKY! The story itself was good, the idea was interesting. A conspiracy to perpetrate the biggest heist in the world-great idea! Mystery, murder, violence, cat & mouse mind games. It’s all great stuff. The script needed a rewrite worse than anything. The screenplay was just amateur. It’s more than obvious this wasn’t an Alfred Hitchcock, Hollywood film. There was no suspense to the production. There were very few moments when you actually feared for the characters because the script was lame and didn’t set up any tension or fear. Again, mediocre, boring camera work. This was low-budget, amateur production. Had this been directed by Hitchcock or one of the other great directors of the time, I’ll bet this movie would have been an outstanding hit. The story idea was solid and the actors could have pulled off a better script.
Slight continuity error: George gets worked over by the Fez brothers, resulting in a big bandage over his left eye. Next scene, he encounters the Big Babe, and she asks, "What happened to you?" - but there's no bandage in sight! A couple scenes later, he walks outside, and there it is again!
I don’t understand one ☝️ single, solitary thing that is going on in this movie. Not who the good guys are or who the good guys are. It all a complete mystery to me. 😡😡😡😡😡😡
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Nothing like an old spy thriller. So many characters and twists in the first 20 minutes, it makes a dull life worth living.
It made my exciting life much more dull for 90 minutes.
@@residentalien7055 it took you 90 minutes to figure out it wasn't for you? Your a super genius . . .
Great Comment by George Raft: "Most of my money, I spent on women, gambling and booze. The rest I spent foolishly".
At least he has priorities !
@@robertbess192 ok !!loved George Raft.....great movie thank u
Worth watching for that line alone
So that's where George Best got that saying!
FOUR FINGERS : Technically, we ALL have four fingers on BOTH hands, with opposable thumbs. {lol}
The soundtrack is brilliant. Different sounds and instruments. Always loved George❤
Other than it being too loud, inappropriate to the scenes, pedestrian, and uninspired, it was "brilliant". Also, it's too bad the costume budget was spent on cigarettes, and women's furs for frigid Algiers temperatures, so that George only had one suit to wear during the whole film.
@@residentalien7055 I thought it sounded like the score was lifted from a thriller rather than Noir. It didn't always match up with the scenes
I like George Raft very much. I like his acting style.He always seems to be in a good movie.
He was refused entry to the UK
because of his criminal connections.
@@noelhall945 So???
In fact, those "connections" were rather exaggerated. Raft happened to grow up in Hell's Kitchen, a notoriously rough neighbourhood; many childhood pals happened to be hoodlums.
If you liked older George Raft's acting style, you'll love wooden telephone posts.
@@aileen694 It is a known fact that George Raft was a made man in what is now the Luchese family. He was childhood friends with Meyer Lansky, Ben Siegel, and Harry Big Greenie Greenburg.
@@eamonwright7488 I googled the Lucchese and other NY mob families. What a crew!
Just curious, what is your "confirmed" source of Raft's "made man" status? Regardless, this does not diminish the man's creative energy, pure talent and past accomplishments, nor his exceptional public popularity.
George Raft made a lot of great gangster movies but my favorite non-gangster one was, "Bolero".
He becomes one of the top Tango dancers in the world.
It's great and Raft is the one really doing the dancing.
Oh my Gosh yes!!!!! Beautiful movie,!!!! BOLERO ' and that dance scene w Carole Lombard!!one of the most beautiful & sensual things I've ever seen 🦋
George Raft was not only a competent actor he was an excellent dancer and a real veteran also a real ladies man. After his extensive acting career he became a movie producer heading a major studio. He appeared in movies from the 30s until the early 70s.
He was also a made man in LCN. He was childhood friends with Ben Siegel.
@@eamonwright7488Being friends with Bugsy Siegel doesn't make anyone a "made man." Have you read any books by Mario Puzo or any journalistically written & researched book on the 5 NY "families"?
and he died broke $
Of late, I've discovered that I enjoy coffee even more than alcohol. Was never a big drinker anyway. It's really the company of good friends I enjoy more. Coffee really is a social lubricant. These old films depict for me, old man bars and cafes. While just a film set, the atmosphere of sad, small out of the way places is appealing. Arab coffee is said to be very good.
Arabica beans tend to have a smoother, sweeter taste, with flavor notes of chocolate and sugar. They often also have hints of fruits or berries.
@@UQRXD... Sounds amazing! I'll take one and give one to my friend @johnrudy9404 over there on the sidewalk table with the smart looking brunette 😊
What a classic spy Thriller. It's got it all. foreign land, secret messages, fortune telling, knives in the back, mickies and hot foreign dames.
and gold
Even today $100 million is real money. Imagine the worth in 1953! Cha-Ching! 💰💰🤑
Definitely my kinda movie. Has all the whistles and gongs. Love George Raft. I watch anything he's in. 😍
I know!!!! 👍
@@Brembeliame too!!!
There is excitement whenever a nightclub is introduced in a film noir/black and white movie.
GREAT. Straightforward and no punches pulled. Gorgeous leading lady. Thx for posting.
A great film I enjoyed it very much all films with George raft are great
My, how the definition of "Great" has suffered.
The acting of a bygone time. Love the music, interesting plot.
Wooden. I guess that was the the style.
I really liked the movie "Baby". Thanks for posting this great George Raft picture....
TSV, you did it again. Thanks for another good one.
Nice film. Twists & turns. The main actress was beautiful
Irene Papas is so young here and what a beauty!
"I'm not going to sprout any wings, but I can live with myself." - great line
Thanks so much for posting.
A good old movie and great acting thankyou ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great script as well 😊
Thank you for the movie! Film noir is my favourite genre, and this one has it all :)
As a kid in the 50's, I always enjoyed George Raft's movies, ( some were shown as "B" or second films!)
You always knew that you would get "your money's worth", even if the "A" film wasn't that great! R.I.P. George!
A or B movie, for me George Raft's work is always a pleasure.
Thank you for sharing!
It had it all... cheesy dialogue, predictable clichés, thinnest plot imaginable - but for schlock, it was decent enough... it had its charm. Definitely the type of movie you either throw popcorn at the screen or you're too busy hot and heavy with your date to be worried about things like story and entertainment value. I sat through the whole damn thing and didn't get too drunk.
I don’t get all the criticism about George Raft’s acting 🎭 being more cardboard than usual. That’s what appeals to me the most about George Raft’s performances. I find him quite droll and I love ❤️ that about his performances. For me it’s a welcome 🙏🏻 break from all of the terrible reality of what’s happening in our world 🌎 today. 🌎🌎🌎🌎
He could have phoned this in.
He made "wooden acting" into the finest hardwood in this one.
@@residentalien7055 To be fair to Raft, this picture was undeserving of any decent acting: it's a bottom-of-the-barrel effort in all respects.
He always came across as a Bogart knock off, if you ask me. But I don't mind at all.
@@jayt-mac2074 Raft was a successful professional years before Bogie came on the scene.
Please do'n't cut the end credits - they're part of the film.
The nightclubs are no ordinary place in black and white movies. They are an institution.
You said it!!!!
The precisely engineered kissing scenes crack me up. Don't blink or else you'll miss them.
As an antique dealer, I love to pause and examine the rooms - furniture, lamps, art . There was a hay-hook hanging
on a painting for some reason. And the exquisite wardrobes, of the women especially. Such elegance!
Fabulous movie classic of the screen.thank you so much for sharing 🏁📽️🎥🎬🎞️🎭🏁
It's fun watching a film noir movie, which reads like a pulp fiction novel written for post WWII entertainment.
I wonder if they even did any major shooting abroad, using only stock footage of cities outdoors. Rest are all studio lots and sets.
The studio was in Rome which counts as abroad, don't know where the brief airport scenes were filmed.
That was excellent. Sure you could nit-pick direction/cinematography/etc., but so much to like here. Sound track (as mentioned by others), principals, time travel. Thank you for posting.
The forgotten soundtrack artists. All music in this film, and many others of time, perfectly composed and matched to scene by seen; not an overnight task!...and...they used to say that when George Raft walked into a room, paint started peeling of the walls, flowers wilted in vases, milk turned sour, innocent bystanders lost the will to live and the world waited...that was the measure of George Raft, who simply and expertly, looked his parts.
Firebrand55....🤣🤣🤣
Firebrand55. "and the world waited" 😁 Yes, and I would have waited... forever
In this overlong turkey, George's "expert" acting style consisted of long closeups where he didn't change his expression one bit.
I think George Raft was 🔥!! He just had " something" ..& definitely All MAN....love Men like that ...were a woman would always feel secure..very mportant to us girls...he oozed confidence!!!
George Raft at the time was a bigger star than Boggart and turned down Casablanca and Maltese Falcon.
Very true...but I loved them both ❤️
@@deborahthomas9362 Bogart was a much better actor. The treasure of the Sierra Moddre is one hell of a movie. I think I have seen three Raft movies, they drove by night, some like it hot and this. I can’t say he is spectacular in any of them.
And the world is a much better place for that! A wooden actor of the highest order. Dreadful.
@@KamillGran-ch5sb l find Bogie was often the same character. Cynical often. Don't like the African Queen or the later movies. Repetitive but everyone has their own opinion. George was super sexy.
@@bambinoandmore46 I agree with your assessment of Bogie. His cynicism and his indifference towards everyone is what made him appeal to the French and for our times. I have only seen Some like it hot and this movie, so perhaps my opinion is more skewed than it should be.
The budget for this movie must have been huge, all that traveling to exotic locations!☺️
Absolutely. Filming in a London studio is quite exorbitant. 😂
Stock footage: abundant, cheap, filler.
@@Cracktaculus I know, it’s all the Warner backlot. But you gotta admit, it has great surreal feel to it.
@@KamillGran-ch5sb I like his FBI flicks and Loanshark.
Imagine the logistics, all the way from one end of the lot to the other…
Thank you 🤩🤩💖
Excellent movie and suspense. Mike is a really good actor specially in role of an intelligence agent cool yet getting work done.
jomon723, I agree! That walk was wicked cool. Not to mention his incredible dance talent!
Really an example of how stiff and passionless the films could be in the 50's. But the story held together well and would have been pretty gripping for the audiences of the time.
Those you call ''stiff and passionless the films could be in the 50's'' would likely call you gauche and hysterical.
@@MicMc539😅
Love George Raft
Released November 27th,1953
Judging from the credits, this is a “spaghetti noir.” Interesting.
Raft should have been as big as Bogie..He turned many iconic roles that went 2 Bogart..You know the rest.
He was a big star for many years perhaps 10 years 1931 to 1946. His dress style is still copied.
Gianna Maria Canale was the lead in this movie! Well done.
Excellent film with a fast tempo.
A quite good film. Interesting that it made a year before the war started. Algerian war of independence. Also, i noting that cars in those days how the doos opened. Seems the more natural way to get out of a car. Why were doors on cars changed?
Car doors were modified, updated & modernized for a sleeker look, aerodynamically-designed Pininfarina body made in Italy. Some Amer. automakers liked big gas guzzlers & 2-door sedans requiring those getting into the backseat to pull the front seat forward to get in, then the person sitting in front would get in. Germans built solid cars to last (BMW; Mercedes;VW); whereas, Italians built stylish cars for those wishing to impress.
Mostly not believable, but still fun to watch. Some good dialog.
George Raft certainly knew how to wear his fedora! 👍
But if only he could act, then we talkin.
@@higgsmerino3925 Raft, in 1937, was the third-highest-paid star in Hollywood (behind Gary Cooper and Warner Baxter), earning $202,666. He made well over 80 movies in his career, and launched Bogart's career by turning down roles in Casablanca, High Sierra, and The Maltese Falcon. For a professional dancer, I figure he was a fairly successful actor.
David Rice and higgsmerino,
Yes, his was a Very successful career! I've always found Raft's acting great! True, he had a very dry style of speaking, no dramatic histrionics. But with his eyes and voice, he said lots! Just more subtle than most.
That's a great line @58:36 "For something like this, Mike, I need a man like you to help me."
Thanks for sharing!!!
To my complete surprise, it is an excellent movie (the punchline at the end)!
spoiler ...
@@Jorge-yy3dd Meuh non.
Good movie keep you on the edge of your seat George Raft a good man 💪
George Raft. My mistake
It kept me on the verge of slumber.
@@tammycarter6144and "resident alien 7055" (again): Good Grief...so many critics!
Read a decent bio on George Raft and watch his early films and consider his unpretentious beginnings and the times he grew up in, his creative energy and accomplishments, the control by big Studios...guess that's what we see in George Raft.
I Don't Know, But the way the Camera awkwardly shifts to Raft makes me think he is reading "Cue cards", "Great" Wooden Actor that he Is.
Superb! A great watch.
Mr. Raft was so great to watch!
Thank you for the post ❤
Any time!
Watched with subtitles on a comment’s suggestion - entertaining
It's wierd. I also have only 4 fingers on my right hand. And also one thumb.
You could have been cast in this film!
@@residentalien7055
Finally. Something funny from crabby old alien.
Yes, but how much gold do you have?🤓
One of the best!!
George Raft played quite well the "villain" in the famous Billy Wilder's "Some like it hot"..., but I have, actually, watched "The Cairo..." to enjoy the attractive actress ... which had been one of my "charm ladies" onto the moving pictures screen during my early teen age..., as she acted as the beautiful queen THEODORA of Constantinople,.. alongside emperor Justinian...
Better than I expected
The music sounded like it was from one of those Garde B science fiction movies from the 1950's involving mutant ants or space aliens. Actual French gold went to Canada, the US, Martinique and West Africa - some of it Belgian and that was alter all shipped to Berlin.
53:02 where he says "The Music" - It was sample in a hip hop record in years gone by, I can hear it clear as day but can't remember the name of the track... anyone know?
The fight scene near the end in the train was not Geoge as his hair is short, the stunt man fighting had longish fair hair. Still a great old movie.
Great movie I loved it fast moving
It's an interesting movie in that Raft is intrigued with getting close to the gold. Which is apparently the reason he gets involved in the first place. The ending is confusing with some odd things taking place on the train. Turn around and there you are and everything is okay. Anyway, worth watching while playing Solitaire.
I thought I was the only nerdy person who played solitaire & sudoku while listening to RUclips videos
Great film!
George Raft, a real class act.
why do you think that?
@@markheller1382he was immaculately dressed and worked until he died. Was a true friend and led a colourful life. His voice his hypnotic
@@bambinoandmore46 Yes, that voice! Not to mention his eyes! And any dance scenes, of course. His acting style was subtle but effective.💥
I'm no George Raft expert, but judging from this outing his acting consisted of never changing a very stiff expression.
Maybe it worked as a gangster. Here it's out of place -- he fails to respond to anything.
@@meofamily4 I have to admit, you have a valid point lol.
That man with only four fingers on his right hand sure gets around a lot in all kinds of movies 🍿. 🤔🤔🤔😅😅😅
He was luckier than that other guy who had to lose an entire arm to be able to keep on acting.
They smoked like chimneys
Lucky Strike cigarettes!
Until I quit smoking, a few decades ago, I used to smoke the same cigarettes unfiltered Lucky's.......kind of got a twinge when he pulled the pack out.
@@felixdzerjinsky5244
Iron Felix!
You keep yourself scarce, these days.
Uh-huh. We always KNEW ya chose right!
Dad used to smoke 'em with his WWII
Zippo ever at-the-ready.
Now, about that calculator project . . . 😊
They were given away free to soldiers during ww2
@@jamesmiller4184 We used to pay $1.00 a carton when I was overseas. That's .10 a pack......and Zippos were obligatory. Do you know what you could get for a pack of smokes in some places?
Early Product Placement scheme.
"HE has only FOUR fingers on his right hand"...well, that narrows it down to about...2,640,278,797 people. (1953)
I like how he walks 🕵🏽
Like a telephone pole, you mean?
Great movie!!! Thanks
A lot of those men are dressed pretty warmly for Cairo. I saw some tweeds and overcoats.
Was this in Cairo? So why were the French and Algerian police there?
Don't let the name of the film confuse you. The whole story takes place in Algeria.
Yes, it's more Arctic-like in Algiers. @@e-curb
Not too mention her furs in subtropical Algeria.
Enjoyed film…
He gets a lot of mileage out of one suit. He sleeps in, gets attacked in it, tied up in it and it still clean and pressed the next time he wears it.
Like the suit worn by Cary Grant in the 1958/9 chase-picture "North By Northwest"
Love the B/W flicks…
There's something about Raft' eyes that are "unearthly". Db
So classical 🎉✌️👑💖🍾
By the numbers story, but those numbers were high numbers. Tight and fairly intriguing story, solid 90 minutes. No Scorsese or Tarantino over blown trickery.
Who distributed this film in the US?
Solid postwar espionage caper. Probably one of the influences for Steven Spielberg to create Indiana Jones.
And for any director to avoid lousy production values.
Amazingly, he was the love of one of the greatest movie stars ever, Norma Shearer.
Women loved him and he loved them. Watch Rum a and notice how he kisses Carole Lombard! A rare kiss
@@bambinoandmore46 I think it is he was friends with the mob, too. This is true. When I was 16 my family vacationed in Havana where the mob ruled, and I saw George there. Did you know he turned down the Rick tole in Casablanca? Thanks
@@charlescohen6140 Not true, Jack Warner (Warner Bros) wanted Raft but the Producer Hal B Wallis wanted Bogart, and it was in Wallis' contract that HE chose the star, so Warner relented. : )
@@spockboy Thanks for the correction. But it worked out fairly well. Isn't Michael Curtis the most amazing director in history? Such diverse great films.
@@charlescohen6140 Absolutely, he also did my favorite swashbuckler "The Sea Hawk" genres were irrelevant to him. Pure talent.
Every scene filmed in the dark, very difficult to watch. Verygood though.
My father was there at that time. This may explain the family fortune and its myth. Or not.
mine also
A slower moving Casablanca. George Raft sounds just like Bogey! Thank you 👏
Funny
Think you got that backwards...Raft was a successful
and versatile working actor/dancer for years before "Bogie" appeared!
Just tosses the match on the back seat of her car.😀
For a change you have no idea of the good guys and bad guys. You are riding around with Raft wondering what is going on and who to trust.
wow great movie , at 1:12:54 when he pushes the gal and grabs the discs purse it looked like CD's in there , what a lovely movie loved it B&W films are so lovely to watch!
If this were a Bogert film,he would've said,"I hope to see more of you" where George just says " I must come to see you "😊 to the girl in the tub....
I'm watching these oldies and really feel it was more about the story and movie than today.
Today we have these big attitude actors that stink out
the scene, as they are just so full of themselves.
If l start watching something from today,
I just switch off 🎉😂
a real marvel, a piece of art. unfortunatelly you cut it horribly with commercials: you must know that at least I shall never buy any of the things that you improperly introduce in the economy of the story. Why not limitate yourselves with modest announcements at the beginning and the end of it? This is something called RESPECT
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@@TheSprocketVaultMAYBE puting commercials at beginning and end,
The acting is not actually that bad if you consider the situation. The blocking was very amateurish, the camera work was mediocre, and the script….OMG! The script was CLUNKY! The story itself was good, the idea was interesting. A conspiracy to perpetrate the biggest heist in the world-great idea! Mystery, murder, violence, cat & mouse mind games. It’s all great stuff. The script needed a rewrite worse than anything. The screenplay was just amateur. It’s more than obvious this wasn’t an Alfred Hitchcock, Hollywood film. There was no suspense to the production. There were very few moments when you actually feared for the characters because the script was lame and didn’t set up any tension or fear. Again, mediocre, boring camera work. This was low-budget, amateur production. Had this been directed by Hitchcock or one of the other great directors of the time, I’ll bet this movie would have been an outstanding hit. The story idea was solid and the actors could have pulled off a better script.
No pude activar subtítulo en español.
Good ol George.
one word CLASS
carlpyper7771, Also "worth watching" for Raft's presence, no crazy drama but subtly effective. The eyes, his voice, and OMG any dance scenes!
Slight continuity error: George gets worked over by the Fez brothers, resulting in a big bandage over his left eye. Next scene, he encounters the Big Babe, and she asks, "What happened to you?" - but there's no bandage in sight! A couple scenes later, he walks outside, and there it is again!
So did Sid James.
I don’t understand one ☝️ single, solitary thing that is going on in this movie. Not who the good guys are or who the good guys are. It all a complete mystery to me. 😡😡😡😡😡😡
Watch it again?
How many good guys are enough? 😊🎉
It turned to be a pretty decent movie, although "Look! Over there!" was not an especially promising opening line.