Movie Casting What-Ifs by helitzur

Question 2

Hollywood lore says George Raft turned down multiple roles that became huge hits for Humphrey Bogart, although that includes mostly apocryphal tales of Casablanca (Raft was never considered for it) and The Maltese Falcon (director John Huston never wanted him). However, which 1941 movie really was declined by Raft, tired of playing gangsters, to the benefit of Bogart, who got his breakthrough leading role as an ill-fated robber?

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