Smashing the Rackets
Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets

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1938
1h 9m
5.5(2 votes)
Drama
Crime

Overview

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...

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RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

55 members
Acting

Chester Morris

Jim "Socker" Conway

Chester Morris
Acting

Frances Mercer

Susan 'Pat' Lane

Frances Mercer
Acting

Bruce Cabot

Steve Lawrence

Bruce Cabot
Acting

Rita Johnson

Leticia "Letty" Lane

Rita Johnson
Acting

Edward Pawley

Chin Martin

Edward Pawley
Acting

Joe De Stefani

Franz

Joe De Stefani
Acting

Donald Douglas

Harry Spaulding

Donald Douglas
Acting

Kay Sutton

Peggy

Kay Sutton
Acting

Ben Welden

Whitey Clark

Ben Welden
Acting

Paul Fix

Maxie

Paul Fix
Acting

Eddie Acuff

Joe - Hoodlum

Eddie Acuff
Acting

George Irving

District Attorney Edward Greer

George Irving
Acting

Scotty Beckett

Otto, Franz's Son

Scotty Beckett
Acting

Brooks Benedict

Court Clerk

Brooks Benedict
Acting

Stanley Blystone

Policeman

Stanley Blystone
Acting

Tom Chatterton

Grand Juryman

Tom Chatterton
Acting

Jimmy Conlin

Witness

Jimmy Conlin
Acting

Edith Craig

Flo Fisher

Edith Craig
Acting

Mike Donovan

Bailiff

No Image
Acting

Jimmie Dundee

Fuller - Henchman

No Image
Acting

Al Ferguson

Detective

Al Ferguson
Acting

Byron Foulger

Alverson - Chemist

Byron Foulger
Acting

Robert Frazer

Weather Man

Robert Frazer
Acting

Bud Geary

Detective

Bud Geary
Acting

George Hackathorne

Detective

George Hackathorne
Acting

Kenneth Harlan

Angry Businessman

Kenneth Harlan
Acting

Eddie Hart

Ed Dooley

No Image
Acting

Howard Hickman

James J. Carew

Howard Hickman
Acting

Al Hill

Strong Arm Man

Al Hill
Acting

Max Hoffman Jr.

1st Protection Racket Thug

Max Hoffman Jr.
Acting

Cecil Kellaway

Barrett

Cecil Kellaway
Acting

Rita La Roy

Reluctant Witness

Rita La Roy
Acting

Mike Lally

2nd Protection Racket Thug

Mike Lally
Acting

Edward LeSaint

Judge #2

Edward LeSaint
Acting

Carl M. Leviness

Assistant Attorney

Carl M. Leviness
Acting

George Lloyd

Big Mike Leonard

George Lloyd
Acting

Rollo Lloyd

Sam Schwartz - Butcher

Rollo Lloyd
Acting

Tom London

Dixon - Detective

Tom London
Acting

Mary MacLaren

Nurse

Mary MacLaren
Acting

George Meeker

District Attorney Aide

George Meeker
Acting

Victor Metzetti

Smokey - Henchman

No Image
Acting

Walter Miller

Mac

Walter Miller
Acting

Edmund Mortimer

Angry Businessman

No Image
Acting

Horace Murphy

Doorman

Horace Murphy
Acting

Max Rose

Detective

No Image
Acting

Walter Sande

Hospital Interne

Walter Sande
Acting

C. Montague Shaw

Grand Juryman

C. Montague Shaw
Acting

Libby Taylor

Duchess

Libby Taylor
Acting

Frank M. Thomas

Judge Wend

Frank M. Thomas
Acting

Charles Trowbridge

Grand Juryman

Charles Trowbridge
Acting

Theodore von Eltz

Howard Ellis

Theodore von Eltz
Acting

Solly Ward

Dry Cleaner

Solly Ward
Acting

Pierre Watkin

John Nelson Davis

Pierre Watkin
Acting

Leo White

Juror

Leo White
Acting

Gayne Whitman

News Broadcaster

Gayne Whitman

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