Invisible Stripes (1940)
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53% of users liked it
(135 ratings)
Invisible Stripes is a cookie-cutter Warners prison drama which rounds up the usual suspects. George Raft and Humphrey Bogart are top-billed, and as is often the case in such a circumstance, it is Raft who is given the larger (albeit less interesting) role. Raft plays Cliff Taylor, an ex-convict who… More Invisible Stripes is a cookie-cutter Warners prison drama which rounds up the usual suspects. George Raft and Humphrey Bogart are top-billed, and as is often the case in such a circumstance, it is Raft who is given the larger (albeit less interesting) role. Raft plays Cliff Taylor, an ex-convict who finds that his "invisible stripes" prevent him from getting a decent job. Cliff's younger brother (William Holden) shows unfortunate signs of following his older sibling's footsteps when he is pressured into crime to support himself and his girl friend (Jane Bryan). To save his brother, Cliff joins Humphrey Bogart's gang and earns enough dishonest money to set his brother up in business. But movie censorship prevails, and all of the miscreants in Invisible Stripes--even those motivated by good intentions--must pay the penalty. Side note: The prankish Humphrey Bogart spent so much time needling newcomer William Holden that Holden nearly came to blows with the older actor; the animosity persisted into the Bogart-Holden costarring feature Sabrina, made fourteen years later. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
- In Theaters
- Dec 30, 1939 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Morose, humorless and predictable prison story.
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Cast
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George Raft
as Cliff Taylor
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Jane Bryan
as Peggy
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William Holden
as Tim Taylor
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Humphrey Bogart
as Chuck Martin
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Flora Robson
as Mrs. Taylor
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Paul Kelly
as Ed Kruger
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Lee Patrick
as Molly Daniels
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Henry O'Neill
as Parole Officer Masters
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Frankie Thomas
as Tommy McNeil
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Moroni Olsen
as Warden
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Margot Stevenson
as Sue
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Marc Lawrence I
as Lefty Sloane
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Leo Gorcey
as Jimmy
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William Haade
as Shrank
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Tully Marshall
as Old Peter
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Maude Allen
as Woman
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Irving Bacon
as Personnel Director
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Bruce Bennett
as Rich Man
- Wade Boteler
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Frank Bruno
as Smitty a Prisoner
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Eddy Chandler
as Police Driver
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Lane Chandler
as Detective
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Cliff Clark
as Policeman
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Chester Clute
as Mr. Butler
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George Pat Collins
as Alec a Prisoner
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Ray Cooke
as Pinky
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Joseph Crehan
as Mr. Chasen the Garage Manager
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William B. Davidson
as Chief Foreman
- Joe Devlin
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Joseph J. Dowling
as Johnny
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Ralph Dunn
as Doorman
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Frank Faylen
as Steve the Henchman
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Pat Flaherty
as Worker
- Mack Gray
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John Hamilton
as Capt. Johnson
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Lew Harvey
as Man
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Al Hill
as Henchman
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Max Hoffman Jr.
as Chauffeur
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William Hopper
as Young Man
- J. Anthony Hughes
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Selmar Jackson
as Lieutenant
- Walter James
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Victor Kilian
as Foreman
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Ethan Laidlaw
as Cop Outside Station House
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Frank Mayo
as Guard at Gate
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Jack Mower
as Guard in Charge
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Pat O'Malley
as Lieutenant
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Emory Parnell
as Policeman
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John Ridgely
as Employment Clerk
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Harry Strang
as Bartender at Party
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George Taylor
as Paully a Prisoner
- Charles C. Wilson
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Harry Wilson
as Worker
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Dorothea Wolbert
as Flower Woman
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Bert Hanlon
as Shorty
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John Irwin
as Prisoner
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Richard Clayton
as Boy
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Sam Finn
as Spotter
- Michael Lally
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Claude Wisberg
as Older Boy
- Robert Elliott