![]() Raft may have known the gang life inside out, but he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. I can't help but wonder how much better the film would have been with Garfield in the Raft role. Choose between classic jersey tops and casual cotton knits in a rainbow of colourways, or this season. The film was originally to have been cast with Jimmy Cagney and John Garfield, but Bogart replaced Cagney in order to give him a vacation. Soles Stella Sean Young Louise John Candy Dewey 'Ox' Oxburger John Larroquette Capt. Bogart spices up the story considerably, in a performance that may have been routine on the page but which comes fully to life in his hands. Bill Murray John Winger Harold Ramis Russell Ziskey Warren Oates Sargento Hulka P.J. Jane Bryan is convincing and touching as Holden's long-time fiancée. Flora Robson, who plays their mother, was actually six years younger than Raft at the time of shooting. Written by Zac Cockrell (as Zachary Cockrell), Heath Fogg, Brittany Howard & Steve Johnson. Under license from Universal Music Enterprises. The strictures on parolees in the 1930s, if accurately depicted, *do* seem a little on the strong side-they weren't even allowed to have drivers licenses! Raft is paired with, in the accurate words of another reviewer, an "unrecognizably young" William Holden. Written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Henry Crosby) & Sylvia Moy. It really is heart-breaking to watch the different ways he loses jobs, unable to shake the shadow of the "invisible stripes" that cover any convict. In addition to Murray, the film has a great supporting cast that includes Harold Ramis, John Candy, John Larroquette, and Judge Reinhold. ![]() George Raft turns in a characteristically wooden performance as the ex-con trying to go straight in a world stacked against him. ![]() ![]() "Invisible Stripes" was based on a book by the same former prison warden responsible for the (far better) "20,000 Years in Sing Sing." Casting really does matter. But it turned into a modern comedy classic featuring an embarrassment of acting riches with a cast that included Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, and P.J. ![]()
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