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George Raft | ... | ||
Jane Bryan | ... | ||
William Holden | ... | ||
Humphrey Bogart | ... | ||
Flora Robson | ... | ||
Paul Kelly | ... |
Ed Kruger
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Lee Patrick | ... | ||
Henry O'Neill | ... | ||
Frankie Thomas | ... |
Tommy
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Moroni Olsen | ... |
The Warden
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Margot Stevenson | ... |
Sue
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Marc Lawrence | ... | ||
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Joe Downing | ... |
Johnny
(as Joseph Downing)
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Leo Gorcey | ... |
Jimmy
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William Haade | ... |
Shrank
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Cliff and Chuck leave prison together. Cliff tries the straight life but falls back into crime with Chuck and his gang. When he makes enough to enable his brother Tim to buy a garage and marry his sweetheart, Cliff quits crime again. But when he tries to help Chuck later on, he's implicated again. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Invisible Stripes (1938)
*** (out of 4)
Another Warner gangster film this time a gangster (George Raft) gets paroled and plans on going straight until he overhears his younger brother (William Holden) thinking about entering the racket so that his new wife can have a better life. To prevent that from happening Raft goes back into the racket with the help of #1 guy (Humphrey Bogart). Great performances and chemistry between Raft and Holden with good support from Bogart really pushes this one over the edge. The nice story and backslap at the parole board are interesting and the various shoot outs and bank robberies are filmed perfectly. A couple of The Dead End Kids (including Leo) have a funny cameo.