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George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Quick Millions with Spencer Tracy, Scarface with Paul Muni, Each Dawn I Die with James Cagney, Invisible Stripes with Humphrey Bogart, and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon; and as a dancer in Bolero with Carole Lombard and a truck driver in They Drive by Night with Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino and Bogart. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. September 1901 – 24. November 1980
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George Raft Quotes

“Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.”

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George Raft explaining how he spent a $10 million fortune. <br class="br">Quoted in Mardy Grothe, Viva la repartee: clever comebacks and witty retorts from history&#x27;s great wits and wordsmiths (2005), page 83 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aZpmpt7ksr8C&amp;pg=PA83&amp;dq=%22Part+of+the+loot+went+for+gambling,+part+for+horses%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=hBgsT4HyB4_Y8QPpy-HoDg&amp;ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Part%20of%20the%20loot%20went%20for%20gambling%2C%20part%20for%20horses%22&amp;f=false

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