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George Raft

There was a time when you thought of the word gangster, you thought of George Raft.

Or rather, we mean gangster movies. In the 1930's and the 1940's George was the man to play the smooth, erudite, mobster.

But George had one advantage for his portrayals that few other gangster-playing-specialists had. And that was ...

Well, this may take a bit of time to explain. So all you have to do to learn a bit about George and some of his - ah - "friends" - just click here.