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"Edward G. Robinson (LITTLE CAESAR) and George Raft (SCARFACE) were two of the screen's premier ""tough guys"". Aside from their movie personas, they had little else in common. Robinson was educated; a man of culture who collected fine art. Raft, who skipped school whenever possible, grew up on the streets of Hell's Kitchen. His interests were boxing, the racetrack, baseball and women.The actors only worked together twice. The first occasion was for the film MANPOWER (1941), and they did not get along. A scandalous photograph of their fistfight on the set appeared in newspapers throughout the country.ROBINSON AND RAFT is set in the mid-1950s when both actors' careers are at low ebb. Robinson has been blacklisted because of his appearances in front of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and Raft is being shunned due to his associations with New York mobsters and, in particular, his friendship with Benjamin ""Bugsy"" Siegel, assassinated in 1947 in the heart of Beverly Hills.Independent producer Samuel Bischoff has come to the two actors with a proposal for them to co-star together in a new film, A BULLET FOR JOEY. Can Robinson and Raft put egos and bad blood aside to accept this offer that could resurrect both of their careers?Bischoff certainly has his work cut out for him.3 men; Simple open set"

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"Michael B. Druxman is a veteran Hollywood Michael Michael B. Druxman is a veteran Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include CHEYENNE WARRIOR with Kelly Preston; DILLINGER AND CAPONE starring Martin Sheen and F. Murray Abraham; and THE DOORWAY with Roy Scheider, which he also directed. He is also a prolific playwright, his one-person play, JOLSON, having had numerous productions around the country. Other produced stage credits include one-person plays about Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Spencer Tracy and Orson Welles. Additionally, Mr. Druxman is the author of thirteen other published books, including several nonfiction works about Hollywood, its movies, and the people who make them (e.g., BASIL RATHBONE: His Life and His Films, MAKE IT AGAIN, SAM: A Survey of Movie Remakes, ONE GOOD FILM DESERVES ANOTHER: A Survey of Movie Sequels, MERV [Griffin] and THE MUSICAL: From Broadway to Hollywood). He has written three novels, NOBODY DROWNS IN MINERAL LAKE, SHADOW WATCHER and MURDER IN BABYLON, plus the humorous revisionist history, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: From the Secret Files of Harry Pennypacker, and FAMILY SECRET, a non-fiction book co-authored with Warren Hull, which reveals the true facts behind the 1947 murder of mobster ""Bugsy"" Siegel in Beverly Hills. An acknowledged Hollywood historian, he has also written television documentaries and has been interviewed for various retrospective featurettes that have accompanied DVD releases of classic films (e.g. THE MALTESE FALCON, etc.). Mr. Druxman is a former Hollywood publicist of 35 years experience who has represented many film and television stars, as well as noted directors, producers and composers. One of his Academy Award campaigns is often mentioned in books dealing with Oscar's history. He has taught various dramatic writing and film appreciation courses in an adult university and is the author of How to Write a Story...Any Story: THE ART OF STORYTELLING, which has been used as a text in several colleges. A native of Seattle who graduated from Garfield High School and the University of Washington, Mr. Druxman moved with his wife, Sandy, from Los Angeles to Austin, TX in 2009. His two memoirs, MY FORTY-FIVE YEARS IN HOLLYWOOD AND HOW I ESCAPED ALIVE and LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HOLLYWOOD, are published by Bear Manor Media."

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