Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

alexanderdavies-99382 "Invisible Stripes" won't go down as being a classic, not even a minor one. The plot and dialogue offer nothing new whatever. Gangster films were going out of fashion at this stage as the studio focused on other film genres. Two ex convicts are released at the same time from the same prison. One wants to go straight and begin life afresh (Raft). The other still has plans to build a new criminal empire (Bogart). Raft experiences the prejudice and bigotry from various people during the film in his attempts to go straight. William Holden makes an early film appearance as Raft's younger brother. According to reports, Bogart wasn't too happy that Holden got higher billing as Bogart had been working at the studio for a lot longer. He also expressed bewilderment and annoyance at George Raft for his changing some of the dialogue before they went for a take. George Raft is never someone I could describe as being an actor, he had no formal training of any kind. He just happened to fit the mould for certain roles, mainly "tough guy" ones. The above film was one of 5 that he made for "Warner Bros." Raft could have become a major star for the studio but his choice of films and his turning down major roles, only hampered his chances of success. As a result, George Raft was the star who nearly was. His co-star in "Invisible Stripes," Humphrey Bogart, was the one who would overshadow him. Their scenes in this movie are not bad but it is quite obvious to me who the real performer is. The whole film is decidedly dull and low on invention. It is just business as usual. The climax actually livened things up but it was a bit late by then.

sol- Prison stripes is what the title here refers to as a reformed gangster tries to go straight upon being released from prison, only to find that no legitimate business wants to employ an ex-con and nobody wants to work beside one. It is a bit of a simplistic message to drive an entire film, and star George Raft's dialogue only spells things out with lines such as "the rules only work one way", but Raft is nevertheless convincing as an ex-con gradually driven back into a life of crime since nobody out there seems to care whether or not he has really reformed. Solid support also comes from a pre-'Maltese Falcon' Humphrey Bogart as fellow inmate of Raft's who decides not to even attempt going straight after his stint in the joint. The less said about William Holden, cast as Raft's kid brother, the better though. It is interesting to see the Oscar winner younger than ever in his first major role here, but his character is irksome and seems to only function as an excuse for Raft to later get back into the criminal underworld. Whatever the case, the film never outstays its welcome, running at just over 75 minutes. It also helps that the movie has its heart in the right place with its blunt portrait of the difficulties faced by former criminals trying to turn straight, but it is a theme done much better since. The film's descent into obscurity over the years is certainly no surprise, but Bogart is really that impressive for those thinking of seeking it out. His turn here is even arguably finer than in 'They Drive by Night', which Bogie and Raft also collaborated on in the following year.

sol (There are Spoilers) Being sprung from the big house ex-cons and good friends Cliff Taylor and Chuck Martin, George Raft & Humphrey Bogart, go their separate ways. Cliff determined to go straight and become a law abiding citizen with Chuck going back to his gang of hoods that the left for a five year forced vacation in the clink.Cliff coming back home get's his first taste of reality, as being a man with a criminal record, with the girl that he left behind Sue, Margot Stevenson, dropping him like a hot potato. Sue seeing that there's no future for her in hitching up with the unwanted, by society, and unemployable ex-convict. Cliff is also a bit disturbed with his hot-headed younger brother Tim, William Holden, wanting to follow in his footsteps as a hoodlum. Feeling that it's the only way for him to get out of the hopeless poverty that he finds himself in working on and off as a grease monkey whenever he can find work at the local garages.We see the hardships that Cliff has to contend with as an ex-con no matter what job he get's through the help of his kindly and caring parole officer Masters,Henry O'Neill. From a grease monkey, like his brother Tim, to a loader of heavy equipment at a plant where he's forced to lay out a fellow worker who was breaking his chops.Finally getting a job as a stock-boy Cliff starts to become a productive citizen working his way up to a stock clerk. But is later fired when he's accused, but later found innocent, of knocking off a fur store for $40,000.00. Meanwhile Tim feeling that he can't make it big in the world of business and finance for himself as well as his girl Peggy ,Gane Bryan, goes out and with a few friends and beats up and mugs a drunk for $6.00. With Cliff finding out what Tim did he locked him up in his room and proceeds to knock some common sense into his hard and pig-headed skull.It's with him getting all fed up with all the obstacles thrown in his path that keeps Cliff from straightening himself out that he reluctantly goes to the local bookie joint when he get in touch with Chuck, now a big shot in the New York mob, for a job with his gang as a bank robber. Knocking of a number of banks and armored cars Cliff sends his share of the stolen loot to Tim telling him that he got himself a job as a door to door salesman selling trackers and farming equipment to farmers in upstate New York.Tim using the money that his big brother Cliff mailed him opens up a garage but as you would have expected it turns out that he get's unloved with Chuck's and Cliff's gang. That happens after they tried to rob an armored car ending up with a number of people being shot and killed. The Chuck Martin Gang making their getaway to Tim's garage and then having the scared and confused Tim bamboozled into helping them. Chuck tells him that his brother Cliff was also involved in the shootout which was a lie; Cliff had already broke with Chuck's gang and went back to being an honest and law abiding citizen.Cliff finding out about his brother Tim being now involved in a crime that can possibly land him in the Sing Sing electric chair, there were a number of innocent persons killed goes to the police and makes a deal with them. The deal is to have the now in custody Tim identify Chuck and his gang that in return the D.A would drop all charges against him. Cliff now finally realizes that he put Tim in this deadly position by him going back to his criminal ways. He now has no choice but to later confront Chuck & Co. and with taking the blame for Tim's fingering them on himself he'll thus let the chips fall where they may and take everything, good or bad, thats coming to him.

classicsoncall George Raft and an unrecognizably young William Holden are top billed as brothers Cliff and Tim Taylor in this 1939 gangster genre film that has both brothers skirting opposite sides of the law as they try to make a life for themselves.The story opens with Cliff Taylor and fellow Sing Sing inmate Chuck Martin (Humphrey Bogart) about to leave prison with their sentences completed. Taylor is determined to go straight, Martin can't wait to get back to his criminal life. As Cliff tries to settle back into his former life with his family, events conspire against him making it difficult to stay on the straight and narrow. Additional pressure comes from brother Tim, who wants to make a better life for himself and fiancée Peggy (Jane Bryan), but earning twenty dollars a week as a mechanic makes him fantasize about "taking what he wants".The film see-saws it's way back and forth for Cliff, who alternately tries to play it straight and then gets mixed up with Martin's gangster pals. In that regard, George Raft really gets to portray a con man, hiding his involvement from Tim and his mother (Flora Robson), until events spiral out of control during a botched robbery attempt by Martin's gang.If you're into film nuances, this one offers a number of treats. For starters, there's the scene where Bogey's character Martin is shown coming out of a movie theater with his blonde girlfriend Molly (Lee Patrick); the film that's playing - 1939's "You Can't Get Away With Murder", starring Humphrey Bogart! Speaking of Molly, she's almost a dead ringer look alike for Bette Davis, making me do a couple of double takes. And then there's the brief uncredited appearance of Dead Ender Leo Gorcey as the head stock boy for a general store where Cliff briefly finds a job.I found myself enjoying this film, even if uneven at times. George Raft and Humphrey Bogart went on to make one more film together in 1940's "They Drive By Night", where they share equal billing as brothers involved in wildcat trucking, one might call them brother truckers.For it's own part, "Invisible Stripes" may be hard to come by, not available as a studio release, but many of these Warner Brothers films find their way onto classic movie TV channels like TCM or are available through specialty video houses. This one would be well worth your time, especially if you're a fan of Raft, Bogey, Holden or the gangster genre itself.