Writer: Fred F. Finklehoffe
Composer: Heinz Roemheld
Starring: George Raft, Sylvia Sidney, Stanley Ridges, Sid Silvers, Jerome Cowan, Sara Haden, Alan Edwards, Roman Bohnen, Joyce Brant
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Where there's smoke there's...RAFT
Plot: A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
Ya know, I want to like George Raft but he's so darn stiff in a lot of pictures, especially the ones where he's not playing a bad guy. He's just wooden in a romance and not the kind of wood you're looking for, amIright? (cue applause). Everybody else does a fine job. The story isn't too shabby if a little far fetched. In the course of a campaign season Congresswoman Margaret Chase (Sidney) wins the party bid for Governor, gets blackmailed by her husband for a divorce, announces she's no longer running, gets a divorce, then some unknown backers convince her to get back in the race as an independent to fight against the corruption that's rampant in her state's politics. See? But still, you go with it. There's a romance of sorts between her and Mr. Ace (Raft) that has its troubles but, like just about every movie from the 1940s, it ends well for the lovers. It's a little shorter than usual at 83 minutes which feels like the right amount of time for this picture. I think having a better actor as the titular role would've been an improvement. And what's with the title when this is a lot more about Chase than Ace?
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