Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes (1939)

Three Men and a Girl... Bound by Invisible Ties - Branded by Invisible Stripes

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Date of release
1939-12-30
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Lloyd Bacon

Casting

Interesting facts

Invisible Stripes is a 1939 Warner Bros. crime film starring George Raft as a gangster unable to go straight after returning home from prison. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon and also features William Holden, Jane Bryan and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay by Warren Duff was based on the novel of the same title by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, a fervent crusader for prison reform, as adapted by Jonathan Finn.

Production

The film was originally set to star James Cagney and John Garfield. Raft then replaced Garfield. Holden ended up replacing Cagney. (The source for this information might have mistakenly reversed the names.) Raft had just signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros.

During a fight scene, William Holden accidentally hit George Raft and caused a gash.

Raft and Bogart made another film together the following year, Raoul Walsh's smash hit They Drive by Night, again starring Raft with Bogart billed fourth (under Raft, Ann Sheridan and Ida Lupino) in a supporting role.

Bogart and Holden worked together again fifteen years later in Sabrina, with Holden billed under Bogart and Audrey Hepburn.

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