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A Dangerous Profession is the fourth film that George Raft made for RKO following World War II, following Johnny Angel, Nocturne and Race Street. Raft was meant to star in The Big Steal but had been delayed making Johnny Allegro, and he was replaced by Robert Mitchum. With Raft available, RKO assigned him A Dangerous Profession instead. [7] [8]
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A black and white film documentary about the voyage and raft was released in 1950, called Kon-Tiki (produced in 1947). [57] It won the 1951 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. [ 58 ] There was also produced short Kodak Kodachrome color film from expedition in 1947.
Raft believed that the part would have launched a major film career for Guinan (then aged 48), which proved to be the case for West instead. West was reportedly a fan of Guinan and incorporated some of the flamboyant Guinan's ideas into her own acts. [4] The film was Raft's first leading role and came about due to response to his work in Scarface.
In July 1944, George Raft signed to play the lead and the film was to be called Johnny Angel. Ray Enright was to direct. [6] Eventually William Pereira became producer and Edwin L. Marin was the director, his first assignment under a two-picture deal with RKO. [7] Signe Hasso was borrowed from MGM and Claire Trevor hired to play the main female ...
Red Light is a 1949 American film noir crime film starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo, and directed and produced by Roy Del Ruth. Based on the story "This Guy Gideon" by Don "Red" Barry, it features strong religious overtones. [1] It was one of several thrillers Raft made in the late 1940s. [2]
Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy thriller film starring George Raft and featuring Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.. Based on the 1937 novel Uncommon Danger by Eric Ambler and set in politically neutral Turkey, the screenplay was credited to W. R. Burnett, although William Faulkner and Daniel Fuchs [2] also contributed.
Raft had made an unbilled but memorable appearance in a 1932 Cagney vehicle called Taxi! in which he won a dance contest against Cagney, after which he and Cagney brawl. Raft also very briefly "appeared" in Cagney's boxing drama Winner Take All (1932), in a flashback sequence culled from Raft's 1929 film debut Queen of the Night Clubs starring ...