Steve Larwitt (George Raft) is a nightclub owner who has found love with a pretty performer at one of his clubs named Brenda (Joan Bennett). Things are going smoothly for the couple for a while, until George takes misguided advice from his lawyer, Slant (Lloyd Nolan), and ends up in prison for ten years. Even… Read More The House Across the Bay (1940)
Mary (Ava Gardner) has returned home to her small “whistle stop” town after two years away. Since she’s back, she wants to reconnect with her old love, Kenny (George Raft). Kenny has become bitter after years of unhappiness, though, so Mary decides to take up a little fling with Kenny’s rival, a nightclub owner named… Read More Mill Creek Musings: Whistle Stop (1946)
From director Raoul Walsh comes one of his trademark crime dramas, They Drive By Night. This 1940 film is based on the 1938 novel “Long Haul” by author and screenwriter Buzz Bezzerides. George Raft and Humphrey Bogart star as brothers Joe and Paul Fabrini, who work together as truck drivers. This business of delivering fruit… Read More They Drive by Night (1940)
