George Raft just missed the brass ring of superstardom due to his famous rejections of films that his rival Humphrey Bogart turned into major triumphs: Dead End, High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. Yet during his lengthy career, Raft achieved a reputation as one of the screen's toughest and most convincing movie mobsters. His roles in Scarface, Each Dawn I Die, Rogue Cop and Some Like it Hot were so convincing that audiences frequently thought they were watching the genuine article.