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Classic Films

Auggie

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1. According to John Huston ...

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 06:51 PM

Apr 2022

Warner executives wanted George Raft to play Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, but Raft rejected the role because he did not want to work with an inexperienced director (it was Huston's directorial debut). Huston said it was "much to my secret delight" that the role went to Humphrey Bogart.

IMO Raft was an overrated actor and would have ruined the film.

No link. I'm recalling an interview with Huston from a Bogart biography that aired on PBS many years ago.

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According to John Huston ... Auggie Apr 2022 #1