 Later, however, Raft turned down the role of the despicable villain in "The Story of Temple Drake" (1933), fearing it would damage his screen image, so the part went to La Rue.Sometimes mistaken for Humphrey Bogart, he played thugs and gangsters for the most part.However, director Frank Borzage atypically cast him as a priest in the 1932 version of "A Farewell to Arms" simply because, according to newspaper columnist Hubbard Keavy, he was "tired of seeing conventional characters".